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Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Re-embedding Pacific Russia in the Changing Regional Environment -- 1 The New Approaches to Russia's Integration into Asia-Pacific -- 1.1 Removing the "Peripheryness" of Pacific Russia -- 1.2 "Demand and Supply Approach" to Russia's Integration into Asia-Pacific -- 1.3 Continental and Maritime Connectivity: Pacific Russia as a Part of New Eurasian Geopolitics -- 1.4 Regional Development "Zoomed In": From Strategic Visions to Concrete Projects -- Notes -- References

Factionalism is widely understood to be a distinguishing characteristic of Chinese politics. In this book, first published in 2000, Jing Huang examines the role of factionalism in leadership relations and policy-making. His detailed knowledge of intra-party politics offers an alternative understanding of still-disputed struggles behind the high walls of leadership in Zhongnanhai. Huang traces the development of factional politics from its roots in the 'mountaintops' and the enduring impact of the personal bonds formed between Mao and his supporters at the Yan'an Round Table. Critiquing the predominant theories on leadership and decision-making, he explains that it is not power struggles that give rise to factionalism, but rather the existence of 'factionalism that turns power into an overriding goal in CCP politics'. Huang explains why policy outcomes switched constantly between 'Left-adventurism' and 'Right-conservatism' under Mao's reign and between 'emancipation of mind' and 'socialist spiritual civilization' in the Deng era

Man soll sich keinen Illusionen hingeben : China mag einen Energiedeal mit Russland ausgehandelt haben. Aber es unterstützt Putins Politik nicht - ganz im Gegenteil. Auch aus innenpolitischen Gründen ist Peking an einer friedlichen Lösung der Ukraine-Krise interessiert. Die USA fallen als Partner aus. Bleibt Europa. Oder genauer: Deutschland. (IP)