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  • A Relational Theory of World Politics

    by Yaqing Qin ...
    Drawing on Chinese cultural and philosophical traditions, this book offers a ground breaking reinterpretation of world politics from Yaqing Qin, one of China's leading scholars of international relations. Qin has pioneered the study of constructivism in China and developed a variant of this approach, arguing that culture defined in terms of background knowledge nurtures social theory and enables ... Read more

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  • China And East Asia: After The Wall Street Crisis

    Series Book 33 - Series On Contemporary China
    This book examines the need for greater East Asian cooperation and the challenges to this grand endeavor. With differing national outlooks, how can East Asia preserve peace, prosperity and stability amidst geopolitical competition? To answer this question, the volume examines the political and economic relations between Beijing and its neighbors against the backdrop of two trends: the power shift ... Read more

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  • Future In Retrospect: China's Diplomatic History Revisited

    Series Book 2 - China Foreign Affairs Review
    What were the new People's Republic of China's policies to the Universal Postal Union in its early years? How did they help China promote its national interests in the world stage? Why did China train Albanian interns in the Cold War? Was it out of 'communist fraternity' or was it part of China's concerted public diplomacy efforts? And what role has China's medical assistance to developing ... Read more

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  • Globalizing IR Theory

    Critical Engagement

    Edited by Yaqing Qin ...
    Series series IR Theory and Practice in Asia
    Despite attempts to redress the balance, international relations (IR) as a discipline is still dominated by Western theories. The contributors in this book explore the challenges of constructing an alternative, with a dialogue between global and local approaches.Drawing on scholars with backgrounds in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America, this volume attempts to critically engage with ... Read more

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  • Tianxia in Comparative Perspectives

    Alternative Models for a Possible Planetary Order

    Series series Confucian Cultures
    Tianxia—conventionally translated as “all-under-Heaven”—in everyday Chinese parlance simply means “the world.” But tianxia is also a geopolitical term found in canonical writings that has a deeper historical and philosophical significance. Although there are many understandings of tianxia in this literature*,* interpretations within the Chinese process cosmology generally begin with an ecological ... Read more

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  • Recentering Pacific Asia

    Regional China and World Order

    The Pacific Rim of Asia – Pacific Asia – is now the world's largest and most cohesive economic region, and China has returned to its center. China's global outlook is shaped by its regional experience, first as a pre-modern Asian center, then displaced by Western-oriented modernization, and now returning as a central producer and market in a globalized region. Developments since 2008 have been so ... Read more

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    Series Book 1 - China Foreign Affairs Review
    What is the relationship between China and the international society? It is a question of historical and realistic significance for China and the world to answer.Since the reform and opening up, China initiated a journey to get integrated into the international society. As an emerging power, China is trying to seek identities, display strength, and build a good reputation. Under various ... Read more

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  • The Global Rise of China

    Series series China Today
    This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how, in just forty years, China has been quickly transformed from a poor, backward third-world country to one of the world’s core economic powerhouses. Exactly how did this Chinese developmental miracle happen?Focusing on the key historical turning point in China’s post-socialist development, the book examines the ... Read more

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  • China in the Era of Xi Jinping

    Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges

    Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has emerged as China's most powerful and popular leader since Deng Xiaoping. The breathtaking economic expansion and military modernization that Xi inherited has convinced him that China can transform into a twenty-first-century superpower.In this collection, leading scholars from the United States, ... Read more

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  • State Capitalism

    How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World

    The end of the Cold War ushered in an age of American triumphalism best characterized by the "Washington Consensus:" the idea that free markets, democratic institutions, limitations on government involvement in the economy, and the rule of law were the foundations of prosperity and stability. The last fifteen years, starting with the Asian financial crisis, have seen the gradual erosion of that ... Read more

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  • Encountering China

    Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy

    In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. In China, he’s a phenomenon, greeted by vast crowds. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity “usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars.” China Newsweek declared him the “most influential foreign figure” of the year. In Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by the ... Read more

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  • China's Future

    China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security, and international relations. The direction the nation takes at this turning point will determine whether it stalls or continues to develop and prosper.Will China be ... Read more

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