China and International Relations

Despite Beijingâs repeated assurance that Chinaâs rise will be peaceful the United States Japan and the European Union as well as many of China's Asian neighbours feel uneasy about the rise of China. Although Chinaâs rise could be seen as inevitable it remains uncertain as to how a politically and economically powerful China will behave and how it will conduct its relations with the outside world. One major problem with understanding Chinaâs international relations is that western concepts of international relations only partially explain Chinaâs approach. Chinaâs own flourishing indigeneous community of international relations scholars have borrowed many concepts from the west but their application has not been entirely successful so the work of conceptualizing and theorizing Chinaâs approach to international relations remains incomplete. Written by some of the foremost scholars in the field of China studies this book focuses on the work of Wang Gungwu - one of the most influential scholars writing on international relations - including topics such as empire nation-state nationalism state ideology and the Chinese view of world order. Besides honouring Wang Gungwu as a great scholar the book explores how China can be integrated more fully into international relations studies and theories; discusses the extent to which existing IR theory succeeds or fails to explain Chinese IR behaviour and demonstrates how the study of Chinese experiences can enrich the IR field. . Language: English