1st Edition

China and the New International Order

Edited By Wang Gungwu, Zheng Yongnian Copyright 2008
332 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

330 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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 

Biography

Wang Gungwu is University Professor at the National University of Singapore, where he is also Chairman of the East Asian Institute. He is also Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, Canberra. He was Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1995. His research interests focus on Chinese history, the Chinese overseas, nationalism and migrations; and he is the author of numerous books and articles. 

Zheng Yongnian is Professor and Director of Research, China Policy Institute, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham.  He researches on China’s domestic transformation and its external impact. He has written numerous books, including Discovering Chinese Nationalism in China (1999), Globalization and State Transformation in China (2004), Will China Become Democratic? (2004) and Technological Empowerment: The Internet, State and Society in China (2007).