China and the New International Order

ISBN-13: 9780415546454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 318 str.

Gungwu Wang; Wang Gungwu; Yongnian Zheng

Opis

This book explores China's place in the 'new international order', from both the international perspective and from the perspective within China. It discusses how far the new international order, as outlined by George Bush in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the liberation of Kuwait in the Gulf War, with its notions of 'international order', as viewed by the United States, and with the United States seeing itself as the single dominant power, applies to China. The contributors offer the implications, both positive and negative, of China's growing economic power, and the possibility that China will increase its military power. They also examine the idea that the Chinese leadership is being carried along itself by events in China, which it does not fully control, and that other growing forces within China, such as nationalism, increasing social grievances, structural instability, and rivalry between the centre and the regions potentially work against China's growing strength in the international arena. Considering traditional Chinese notions of 'international' power, where the world is seen as sino-centric, with neighbouring countries subservient to China in varying degrees, the book argues that this represents a fundamentally different view of the international order, one where the equal sovereignty of every state does not apply, where there is an acknowledged hierarchy of power, and where domestic and international issues are highly interdependent.

Spis treści

Introduction Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian  Part 1: Key Issues in Conceptualising Chinese International Relations  1. China and International Order: Some Historical Perspectives Wang Gungwu  2. Nationalism: Dynamics of Domestic Transformation and International Relations in China Zheng Yongnian  3. Redefining Chinese Concept of Sovereignty Shan Wenhua  4. Sovereignty in Exercise: Constructing Political Chinese-ness in Post-1997 Hong Kong Tok Sow Keat  5. Beyond Symbiosis: Changing Civil-Military Relationship after Mao You Ji  Part 2: China and Globalization  6. China Reshapes the World Economy Deng Ziliang and Zheng Yongnian  7. Understanding Chinese Views of the Emerging Global Order Zhang Yongjin  8. China Joins Global Governance: The Ten Conundrums Gerald Chan  Part 3: China and Regionalism  9. Contested International Relations Theory and China’s Constructing Regional Entitlement Gordon Cheung  10. Learning from the EU? China’s Changing Outlook Towards Multilateralism Jean-Pierre Cabestan  11. Northeast Asia Regionalism and China: From an Outside-in Perspective Jaewoo Choo  12. China in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Pan Guang  13. China and ASEAN in the Asian Regional Integration Sheng Lijun  Part 4: China and International Relations Studies  14. De-Constructing Cultural Realism Anthony A. Loh  15. Toward a Chinese School of International Relations? Ren Xiao