Korean Peninsula -- Geopolitical Challenges and Responses

Author: Shao Yiping
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book combines a grand perspective with meticulous examination, enabling us to gain a relatively comprehensive understanding of the historical and cultural knowledge of the Korean Peninsula over two thousand years. Through the unique geographical perspective revealed by the author, we can also understand the history and current international relations of East Asia, specifically the process of the traditional international order dominated by Chinese civilization evolving into a new international order based on Western values. This book examines and summarizes the national wisdom and characteristics formed in the historical and cultural context of the Korean Peninsula over two thousand years from the unique perspective of the geopolitical challenges of the Korean Peninsula and South Korea. It helps in understanding the history, culture, and international relations between China and its neighboring countries in East Asia, making it an important specialized work on the historical and cultural studies of the Korean Peninsula both domestically and internationally.