Dragon on Terrorism: Assessing China's Tactical Gains and Strategic Losses Post-September 11

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Page 31 - The possibility exists that a military competitor with a formidable resource base will emerge in the region. The East Asian littoral - from the Bay of Bengal to the Sea of Japan - represents a particularly challenging area.
Page 31 - axis of evil" in his State of the Union address in January 2002 as "overly simplistic and counter-productive...
Page 7 - PRC Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao said that China, in supporting the United States, had "reason to ask the United States to give its support and understanding in the fight against terrorism and separatists. We should not have double standards." Zhu denied, however, that China would set specific conditions: "We are not making bargains here."8 Analysts speculated, nonetheless, that Beijing was indeed seeking a bargain — a Chinese promise not to veto proposed antiterrorism operations in the...
Page 5 - Terrorism in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington was no exception to this rule.
Page 58 - China and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime," Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol.
Page 44 - send a message to everybody, including important countries like Uzbekistan, that we have a capacity to come back in and will come back in — we're not just going to forget about...
Page 11 - The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress ratified China's accession to the...
Page 58 - Official Praises China For Its Cooperation In Rooting Out Bin Laden's Terror Network," New York Times, December 7, 2001.
Page 58 - The East Asian littoral is defined "as the region stretching from south of Japan through Australia and into the Bay of Bengal.
Page iii - The Strategic Studies Institute is pleased to offer this monograph as a contribution to the national security debate on this important topic.

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