Andrew C Mertha: 2 books
China's Water Warriors
Citizen Action and Policy Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Today opponents of large-scale dam projects in China, rather than being greeted with indifference or repression, are part of the hydropower policymaking process itself. What accounts for this dramatic change in this critical policy area surrounding China's insatiable quest for energy? In China's Water...
Brothers in Arms
Chinese Aid to the Khmer Rouge, 1975–1979
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
When the Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia in 1975, they inherited a war-ravaged and internationally isolated country. Pol Pot’s government espoused the rhetoric of self-reliance, but Democratic Kampuchea was utterly dependent on Chinese foreign aid and technical assistance to survive. Yet in...