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The China order : Centralia, world empire, and the nature of Chinese power /

Examines the rising power of China and Chinese foreign policy through a revisionist analysis of Chinese civilization. What does the rise of China represent, and how should the international community respond? With a holistic rereading of Chinese longue durée history, Fei-Ling Wang provides a simple...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Fei-Ling (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Subjects:
China > Foreign relations > 1949- > Philosophy.
China > Civilization > Philosophy.
Great powers > Philosophy.
Imperialism > Philosophy.
China > History > Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
China > History > Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Table of Contents:
  • The Centralia : the origin and the basics
  • The Qin-Han polity and Chinese world empire
  • The forsaken turn : the Song era
  • The China order : an assessment
  • The century of humiliation and progress
  • Great leap backward
  • The China struggle : between Tianxia and Westphalia
  • Epilogue: The scenarios.