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05130aam a2200421 i 4500 001 8617462E8FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220217010136 008 201022t20212021dcuabdf b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2021932884 020 $a 9780815739098 020 $a 0815739095 035 $a (OCoLC)1201226808 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d CKM $d HUL $d EEM $d TXI $d OCLCF $d RSM $d ZLM $d VGM $d OCLCO $d FBP $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 04 $a DS779.43 $b .L5 2021 082 14 $a 951.061 100 1 $a Li, Cheng, $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Middle class Shanghai : $b reshaping U.S.-China engagement / $c Cheng Li. 246 30 $a Reshaping U.S.-China engagement 264 1 $a Washington, D.C. : $b Brookings Institution Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xxii, 450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, charts, map (some color) ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a The United States may be headed toward conflict with China unless Washington recasts its understanding of contemporary Chinese society. After four decades of engagement, the United States and the People's Republic of China now appear to be locked on a collision course that has already fomented a trade war, seems likely to produce a new cold war, and could even result in military conflict. The deterioration of the bilateral relationship is the culmination of years of disputes, disillusionment, disappointment, and distrust between the two countries. Washington has legitimate concerns about Beijing's excessive domestic political control and aggressive foreign policy stances, just as Chinese leaders believe the United States still has futile designs on blocking their country's inevitable rise to great power status. In Middle Class Shanghai, Cheng Li, who grew up in Shanghai during the oppressive years of Mao's Cultural Revolution, argues that American policymakers must not lose sight of the expansive dynamism and diversity in present-day China. The caricature of China as a monolithic Communist apparatus set on exporting its ideology and development model is simplistic and misguided. Drawing on empirical research in the realms of higher education, avant-garde art, architecture, and law, Li's unique study highlights the strong, constructive impact of bilateral exchanges. Combining eclectic human stories with striking new data analysis, Li's book addresses the possibility that the development of China's class structure and cosmopolitan culture--exemplified and led by Shanghai--could provide a force for reshaping U.S.-China engagement. Both countries should build upon the deep cultural and educational exchanges that have bound them together for decades. Li concludes that U.S. policymakers should neither underestimate the role and strength of the Chinese middle class nor ostracize or alienate this force with policies that push it toward jingoistic nationalism to the detriment of both countries and the global community. With its unique focus, Middle Class Shanghai will enlighten policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and anyone interested in China and its increasingly fraught relations with the United States. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-435) and index. 505 0 $a I: Introduction -- Shanghai's Middle Class and China's Future Trajectory -- II: The Rise of Middle-Class China: Issues and Debates -- A Failure of U.S.-China Engagement? Policy Debates in Washington and Beijing -- Social Stratification and Cultural Pluralism in Reform-Era China: Scholarly Debates -- III: Shanghai: The Pacesetter in China's Search for Global Power -- Haipai: Shanghai Exceptionalism and Cultural Transnationalism -- The "Magic Capital" and the "Head of the Dragon:" The Birth of China's Manhattan -- From Jiang to Xi: The Enduring Power and Influence of the "Shanghai Gang -- IV: Education and Art in Global Shanghai: Views, Values, and Voices -- Sea Turtles:" The Study Abroad Movement and the Tidal Wave of Returnees -- The Impact of Educational Exchanges: Returnees in Shanghai -- Attitudes and Values: A Longitudinal Survey of Foreign-Educated Elites in Shanghai -- Western Influence and Illusion: Shanghai's Booming Contemporary Art Scene -- Dialoguing with the West: Critiques of Globalization by Shanghai's Avant-Garde Artists -- V: Conclusion and Recommendations -- Toward a Dynamic and Diverse Society: Implications for China and the United States. 648 7 $a Since 2002 $2 fast 650 7 $a Civilization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862898 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 651 0 $a China $x Civilization $y 2002- 651 0 $a China $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z China. 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i Online version: $t Middle class Shanghai. $d Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2021] $z 9780815739104 $w (OCoLC)1243261317 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022914.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8617462E8FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search