TY - BOOK AU - Maxwell,Neville TI - China's Borders: Settlements and Conflicts SN - 9781443862462 AV - DS740.4 -- .M399 2014eb U1 - 327.51 PY - 2014/// CY - Newcastle-upon-Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Border security -- China -- History KW - China -- Foreign relations KW - China -- History, Military KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- PART I -- China:Threat or Threatened? -- The PRC's Approachto Territorial Issues -- PART II -- The Pre-histories of theSino-indian Border Disputes -- The "Chinese Aggression"of 1962 -- China's India War -- TheHenderson Brooks ReportAn Introduction -- Whose Tawang? -- Fifty Years of Folly -- How to Settlethe Sino-Indian Borders -- PART III -- Russia and China -- The Chinese Account of theZhenbao Fighting -- Why the Russians Lifted theBlockade at Bear Island -- How the Sino-RussianBoundary Conflictwas Finally Settled -- PART IV -- The Sino-BritishConfrontation OverHong Kong -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY N2 - This diverse collection of papers ranges from full historical accounts to sharp battle-field reports, from Mao Zedung’s musings on war to the machinations of wily British politicians bent on breaking their word. The study of China’s dealings with border problems through the centuries shows imperial aggressions, bluff and deceit, cartographic trickery, diplomatic forgeries, wilful follies and stubborn refusal to correct mistaken policies. There is, however, a brighter side too, with an occasio UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1724964 ER -