China in the world culture, politics, and world vision Wang, Ban 1957- creator author. text bibliography History. ncu 2022 monographic eng print ix, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "In China in the World, Ban Wang traces the evolution of modern China from the late nineteenth century to the present. With a focus on tensions and connections between national formation and international outlooks, Wang shows how ancient visions persist even as China has adopted and revised the Western nation-state form. The concept of tianxia, meaning "all under heaven," has constantly been updated into modern outlooks that value unity, equality, and reciprocity as key to overcoming interstate conflict, social fragmentation, and ethnic divides. Instead of geopolitical dominance, China's worldviews stem as much from the age-old desire for world unity as from absorbing the Western ideas of the Enlightenment, humanism, and socialism. Examining political writings, literature, and film, Wang presents a narrative of the country's pursuits of decolonization, national independence, notions of national form, socialist internationalism, alternative development, and solidarity with Third World nations. Rather than national exceptionalism, Chinese worldviews aspire to a shared, integrated, and equal world"-- Empire, Nation, and World Vision -- Morality and Global Vision in Kang Youwei's World Community -- Nationalism, Moral Reform, and Tianxia in Liang Qichao -- World Literature in the Mountains -- Art, Politics, and Internationalism in Korean War Films -- National Unity, Ethnicity, and Socialist Utopia in Five Golden Flowers -- The Third World, Alternative Development, and Global Maoism -- The Cold War, Political Decay, and China in the American Classroom -- Using the Past to Understand the Present. Ban Wang. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- China Foreign relations China Civilization 20th century China History 20th century China Politics and government 20th century China Civilization 21st century China History 21st century China Politics and government 21st century HISTORY / Asia / China Civilization Diplomatic relations Politics and government China 1900-2099 fast DS775.8 .W364 2022 327.51 HIS008000 China in the world Wang, Ban, 1957- Durham : Duke University Press, 2022 (DLC) 2021021970 Sinotheory 9781478009801 1478009802 9781478010845 1478010843 9781478012368 9781478092452 2021021969 pda,print NcD/DLC 210907 20250318215205.9 in00004583576 eng