Shu M Zhang

With the declassified files from The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the writers compiled and translated 80 documents of enormous importance concerning about the Sino-US relations in the period of 1969-1972. Through examining the documents, readers can witness the diplomatic str...

The history of tea culture runs long and deep in China it is not only a traditional art form intertwined with daily living, but drinking tea also serves as a way for the contemporary Chinese to relax. As China is the original land of tea culture, its teahouses are primarily concerned with spreading...

With the declassified files from The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the writers compiled and translated 80 documents of enormous importance concerning about the Sino-US relations in the period of 1969-1972. Through examining the documents, readers can witness the diplomatic str...

Does strategic thinking on the question of deterrence vary between cultures? Should practitioners assume a common understanding of deterrence regardless of national and cultural differences? Shu Guang Zhang takes on these questions by exploring Sino-American confrontations between 1949 and 1958. ...

Why would one country impose economic sanctions against another in pursuit of foreign policy objectives? How effective is the use of economic weapons in attaining such objectives? To answer these questions, the author examines how and why the United States and its allies instituted economic sanction...

Beijing's Economic Statecraft during the Cold War, 1949–1991, describes China’s use of economic instruments in pursuit of foreign policy goals from its foundation to the end of the Cold War. Taking on China’s economic diplomacy during the period of 1949–1991 as an in-depth case analysis, Shu Guang ...