Challenges of Sinological Epistemology -- Images of America and the Telos of China's Return -- America in Chinese Politics in Deng's Era of Reform -- Repression, Nationalism, Chineseness, and the Roaring Nineties -- Chinese Discourse in the New Century -- China and America in a New World/the Inflection Point of 2008/2009 -- China, America, and the Future.
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Summary
Chinese leaders have long been fascinated by the US, but have often chosen to demonise America for perceived cultural and military imperialism. Especially under Communist rule, Chinese leaders have crafted and re-crafted portrayals of the US according to the needs of their own agenda and the regime's self-image. Christopher A. Ford investigates what these depictions reveal about internal Chinese politics and Beijing's ambitions in the world today.