Eric Hyer received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in 1990. He is a member of the Department of Political Science at Brigham Young University. His research focuseson China’s foreign relations. His book "ThePragmatic Dragon: China’s Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements" was published by the University of British Columbia Press in 2015. Phone: 8014224699 Address: 745 SWKT
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This paper analyzes the 1991 Sino-Russian boundary settlement after over thirty years of acrimony... more This paper analyzes the 1991 Sino-Russian boundary settlement after over thirty years of acrimony and confrontatino.
This article analyzes the Russin and Chinese rivalry over Mongolia during the ROC era and after t... more This article analyzes the Russin and Chinese rivalry over Mongolia during the ROC era and after the establishment of the PRC.
As China’s strategic environment deteriorated in the wake of the Great Leap
Forward, many top lea... more As China’s strategic environment deteriorated in the wake of the Great Leap Forward, many top leaders advocated a policy known as the “Three Accommodations and one Reduction” (Sanhe Yishao). The policy advocated accommodation with the “bourgeois nationalist” states along China’s southern tier as a way to rectify adverse developments in the balance of power. This paper analyzes the dynamics of China’s relations with its South Asian neighbors leading up to and in the immediate aftermath of the 1962 Sino-Indian border war to situate these boundary settlements within its larger strategic context and examines the influence the Sanhe Yishao policy on China’s policy toward boundary settlements. China concluded a boundary treaty with Burma in January 1960, the first in a series of boundary agreements between China and its southern neighbors. Two months after concluding the boundary treaty with Burma, China reached a boundary agreement with Nepal in March 1960. In April 1960, China engaged India in negotiations but the two sides failed to reach a compromise settlement and war ensued in October 1962. Following the Sino-Indian border war, in December 1962 China and Pakistan reached an agreement settling their mutual boundary, and a boundary agreement with Afghanistan in March 1963 was the last in this series of settlements China concluded with its South Asian neighbors in the early 1960s
Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American mi... more Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American military strategist at the beginning of this century, organized and commanded the Chinese Imperial Reform Army, a sizable and well-funded expatriate movement based in the ...
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Beijing has engaged in foreign arm... more Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Beijing has engaged in foreign arms transfers.1 Transfers during the early period went almost unnoticed because they were on a very small scale, were almost invariably gratis, and had little or no impact on the world's ...
... East Asia (August 13, 1990), p. 36; Nayan Chanda and Tai Ming Cheung, "Reef Knots,"... more ... East Asia (August 13, 1990), p. 36; Nayan Chanda and Tai Ming Cheung, "Reef Knots," FarEastern Economic Review (here-after FEER) (August 30, 1990), p. 8. 35 Page 3. Pacific Affairs Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea" hosted by Indonesia, partici-pants from China ...
Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American mi... more Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American military strategist at the beginning of this century, organized and commanded the Chinese Imperial Reform Army, a sizable and well-funded expatriate movement based in the ...
This paper analyzes the 1991 Sino-Russian boundary settlement after over thirty years of acrimony... more This paper analyzes the 1991 Sino-Russian boundary settlement after over thirty years of acrimony and confrontatino.
This article analyzes the Russin and Chinese rivalry over Mongolia during the ROC era and after t... more This article analyzes the Russin and Chinese rivalry over Mongolia during the ROC era and after the establishment of the PRC.
As China’s strategic environment deteriorated in the wake of the Great Leap
Forward, many top lea... more As China’s strategic environment deteriorated in the wake of the Great Leap Forward, many top leaders advocated a policy known as the “Three Accommodations and one Reduction” (Sanhe Yishao). The policy advocated accommodation with the “bourgeois nationalist” states along China’s southern tier as a way to rectify adverse developments in the balance of power. This paper analyzes the dynamics of China’s relations with its South Asian neighbors leading up to and in the immediate aftermath of the 1962 Sino-Indian border war to situate these boundary settlements within its larger strategic context and examines the influence the Sanhe Yishao policy on China’s policy toward boundary settlements. China concluded a boundary treaty with Burma in January 1960, the first in a series of boundary agreements between China and its southern neighbors. Two months after concluding the boundary treaty with Burma, China reached a boundary agreement with Nepal in March 1960. In April 1960, China engaged India in negotiations but the two sides failed to reach a compromise settlement and war ensued in October 1962. Following the Sino-Indian border war, in December 1962 China and Pakistan reached an agreement settling their mutual boundary, and a boundary agreement with Afghanistan in March 1963 was the last in this series of settlements China concluded with its South Asian neighbors in the early 1960s
Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American mi... more Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American military strategist at the beginning of this century, organized and commanded the Chinese Imperial Reform Army, a sizable and well-funded expatriate movement based in the ...
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Beijing has engaged in foreign arm... more Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Beijing has engaged in foreign arms transfers.1 Transfers during the early period went almost unnoticed because they were on a very small scale, were almost invariably gratis, and had little or no impact on the world's ...
... East Asia (August 13, 1990), p. 36; Nayan Chanda and Tai Ming Cheung, "Reef Knots,"... more ... East Asia (August 13, 1990), p. 36; Nayan Chanda and Tai Ming Cheung, "Reef Knots," FarEastern Economic Review (here-after FEER) (August 30, 1990), p. 8. 35 Page 3. Pacific Affairs Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea" hosted by Indonesia, partici-pants from China ...
Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American mi... more Frustrated in his desire for a military career, Homer Lea, an eccentric but brilliant American military strategist at the beginning of this century, organized and commanded the Chinese Imperial Reform Army, a sizable and well-funded expatriate movement based in the ...
The Sino-Indian border war of 1962 forms a major landmark in South Asian, Asian and Cold War hist... more The Sino-Indian border war of 1962 forms a major landmark in South Asian, Asian and Cold War history. Among others, it resulted in an unresolved conflict permanently hindering rapprochement between China and India, the establishment of the Sino-Pakistani axis, the deepening of the Sino-Soviet split and had a lasting impact on Indian domestic affairs. This volume draws on new documentary evidence to re-evaluate perceptions, motivations and decision-making processes of both antagonists, but also of third powers immediately affected by the conflict. It also investigates the effect on India’s internal politics, its Constitution, the Communist Party of India and the fate of Indians of Chinese origin. Finally, it analyses how the conflict is viewed in India today and its ramifications for India–China relationship. A major intervention in the Asian historical landscape, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of modern history, especially of modern South Asia and China, international relations, defence and strategic studies, international politics and government. It will also be useful for think-tanks and government agencies.
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Forward, many top leaders advocated a policy known as the “Three
Accommodations and one Reduction” (Sanhe Yishao). The policy advocated
accommodation with the “bourgeois nationalist” states along China’s southern
tier as a way to rectify adverse developments in the balance of power. This paper
analyzes the dynamics of China’s relations with its South Asian neighbors leading
up to and in the immediate aftermath of the 1962 Sino-Indian border war to
situate these boundary settlements within its larger strategic context and
examines the influence the Sanhe Yishao policy on China’s policy toward boundary
settlements.
China concluded a boundary treaty with Burma in January 1960, the first in a series
of boundary agreements between China and its southern neighbors. Two months
after concluding the boundary treaty with Burma, China reached a boundary
agreement with Nepal in March 1960. In April 1960, China engaged India in
negotiations but the two sides failed to reach a compromise settlement and war
ensued in October 1962. Following the Sino-Indian border war, in December 1962
China and Pakistan reached an agreement settling their mutual boundary, and a
boundary agreement with Afghanistan in March 1963 was the last in this series of
settlements China concluded with its South Asian neighbors in the early 1960s
Forward, many top leaders advocated a policy known as the “Three
Accommodations and one Reduction” (Sanhe Yishao). The policy advocated
accommodation with the “bourgeois nationalist” states along China’s southern
tier as a way to rectify adverse developments in the balance of power. This paper
analyzes the dynamics of China’s relations with its South Asian neighbors leading
up to and in the immediate aftermath of the 1962 Sino-Indian border war to
situate these boundary settlements within its larger strategic context and
examines the influence the Sanhe Yishao policy on China’s policy toward boundary
settlements.
China concluded a boundary treaty with Burma in January 1960, the first in a series
of boundary agreements between China and its southern neighbors. Two months
after concluding the boundary treaty with Burma, China reached a boundary
agreement with Nepal in March 1960. In April 1960, China engaged India in
negotiations but the two sides failed to reach a compromise settlement and war
ensued in October 1962. Following the Sino-Indian border war, in December 1962
China and Pakistan reached an agreement settling their mutual boundary, and a
boundary agreement with Afghanistan in March 1963 was the last in this series of
settlements China concluded with its South Asian neighbors in the early 1960s
This volume draws on new documentary evidence to re-evaluate perceptions, motivations and decision-making processes of both antagonists, but also of third powers immediately affected by the conflict. It also investigates the effect on India’s internal politics, its Constitution, the Communist Party of India and the fate of Indians of Chinese origin. Finally, it analyses how the conflict is viewed in India today and its ramifications for India–China relationship.
A major intervention in the Asian historical landscape, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of modern history, especially of modern South Asia and China, international relations, defence and strategic studies, international politics and government. It will also be useful for think-tanks and government agencies.