The rivalry between Japan and China has a long and sometimes brutal history, and they continue to eye each other warily as the balance of power tips toward Beijing. They cooperate and compete at the same time, but if competition deteriorates into military conflict, the entire world has much to lose. The Perils of Proximity evaluates the chances of armed conflict between China a...(展开全部)

The first two years of the Obama administration have led to expectations, both in the United States and abroad, that in the coming years America will increasingly promote the international rule of law - a position that many believe is both ethically necessary and in the nation's best interests. With "The Perils of Global Legalism", Eric A. Posner explains that such views demons...(展开全部)

From its founding 65 years ago, the People's Republic of China has evolved from an important yet chaotic and impoverished state whose power was more latent than real into a great power on the cusp of possessing the largest economy in the world. Its path from the 1949 revolution to the present has been filled with twists and turns, including internal upheavals, a dramatic break ...(展开全部)

作者牛军，北京大学国际关系学院教授，长期研究新中国外交，是在国内外颇具影响的学者。有多部中、英、日文著作出版 。

作者牛军，北京大学国际关系学院教授，长期研究新中国外交，是在国内外颇具影响的学者。有多部中、英、日文著作出版 。

From Library Journal In this work, Samuels (political science, MIT), examines Japan's technological development since the end of the Edo Period in the second half of the 19th century. The central thesis is that Japan's economic growth since then, whether during peace or war, has been fired by a kind of "technonationalism" that can be defined as "an ideology of technological dev...(展开全部)

This book is a detailed survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan, Japanese and Ainu. No genetic relationship has been established between them, and structurally they differ significantly. Professor Shibatani has therefore divided his study into two independent parts. The first is a most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language. The second part deals ex...(展开全部)