Tang China in multi-polar Asia : a history of diplomacy and war /

Using a synthetic narrative approach, this ambitious work uses the lens of multipolarity to analyze Tang China's (618-907) relations with Turkestan, the Korean states of Koguryŏ, Silla and Paekche, the state of Parhae in Manchuria and the Nanzhao and Tibetan kingdoms. Without any one entity abl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Zhenping (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]
Series:World of East Asia.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dancing with the horse riders: The Tang, the Turks, and the Uighurs
  • Restoring lost glory in Korea: China, Koguryŏ, Silla, Paekche, and Parhae
  • Rearing a tiger in the backyard: China and the Nanzhao Kingdom
  • Contesting the western regions and the high grasslands: China and Tibet
  • Driving a wagon with two horses: dual management of external relations under the Tang
  • Seeking policy appropriate to a changing world: diplomatic and foreign policy thought under the Tang
  • Conclusion: multi-polarity in Asia and appropriateness in Tang foreign policy.