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Tables, Figures, and Maps page ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
The Book in Brief 4
1 General Overview 8
Relational Attitudes: The Rock and the Giant 9
China and Vietnam in Comparison 10
Asymmetry and International Relations Theory 17
The Phases of the Sino-Vietnamese Relationship 23
PART ONE: BASIC STRUCTURE
2 The Parameters of China’s External Posture 33
Size 35
Centricity and Localism 39
Resource Sufficiency 48
The Challenge of Sustenance 51
History 52
3 Vietnam’s Basic Parameters 56
Geography 57
Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism 62
Resource Imbalance 65
Integration and Diversity 69
History 71
4 The Politics of Asymmetry 77
Symmetry and Asymmetry 78
The Politics of Inattention 80
The Politics of Overattention 82
Deference, Autonomy, and Misperception 84
Stalemate and Normalization 85
Managing Asymmetry 89
PART TWO: THE RELATIONAL DYNAMIC
5 From the Beginnings to Vietnamese Independence 95
Before China and Vietnam: Pre-imperial Relationships 95
Vietnam as Part of China 104
Asymmetry before Independence 114
6 Unequal Empires 117
Establishing Autonomy and Deference: Song to Ming 120
Unequal Empires, 1427?1858 129
The Chinese Empire as an International Political Order 139
7 The Brotherhood of Oppression: 1840?1950 142
The Western Collision, 1840?1900 143
Fates Compared: China’s Total Crisis versus Colonialism in Vietnam, 1900?1950 148
Revolutionary Comradeship 153
Asymmetry Distressed 160
8 Lips and Teeth: 1950?1975 162
Intimate Comradeship, 1950?1965 164
Clenched Teeth, 1965?1975 174
Dependent Asymmetry and the Two Vietnams 183
9 Illusions of Victory: 1975?1991 186
Illusions of Victory 1975?1979 189
Hostile Isolation, 1979?1990 200
The Cycle of Systemic Misperception 209
10 From Normalization to Normalcy 212
Normalization, 1991?1999 213
Normalcy 225
Mature Asymmetry 235
11 Change and Structure in Asymmetry 238
Varieties of Asymmetry 239
Asymmetry’s Deep Structure 247
Challenges to Normalcy 252
Appendix: Glossary of Terms 257
Bibliography 261
Index 275