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China and the Liberal International Order Roots of A Plural World Order

By Xiaoming Huang Copyright 2027
202 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book investigates China’s evolving relations with the Liberal International Order (LIO) over the 40 years of China’s Reform and Opening since 1979. Arguing that China’s recent ascendance in wealth and power is more explained by the effective function of the historic LIO than that of the Chinese model of political economic organization, the book goes on to proffer that the same structural,... Read more

1. The Problem of China-LIO Relations  2. The Liberal International Order  3. Global Industrial Order  4. LIO Expansion in East Asia  5. Power Shifts  6. Effects and Consequences  7. Futures of World Order

Biography

Xiaoming Huang is Professor of International Relations at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Dr Huang publishes extensively on East Asian politics, political economy, international relations, and the world economic structure.