Interpreting China as a Regional and Global Power

1. Introduction
Bart Dessein

Part I. Historical Consciousness

2. Early Chinese Nationalism: The Origins under Manchu Rule
Julia Schneider

3. Radical Confucianism: The Critique of Imperial Orthodoxy in Guocui xuebao (1905–1911)
Tze-ki Hon

4. History and Historical Consciousness in Contemporary China: Political Confucianism, Spiritual Confucianism, and the Politics of Spirit
Ady Stock

5. All under Heaven and the Chinese Nation-state
Bart Dessein

Part II. China and her Periphery

6. Subjective Knowledge Foundation of the Cross-Taiwan Straits International Peace Discourse
Hung-jen Wang

7. Universal and Asian Values in East Asian Regionalism: Japan’s ‘New Asianism’ after the Cold War
Kristof Elsen

8. Diversifying Narratives: Perceptions of a Weak Japan Facing a Rising China
Tine Walravens

9. Hiding behind the Tribute: Status, Symbol, and Power in Sino-Southeast Asian Relations, Past and Present
Bruno Hellendorff

10. The Indo-Pacific: The New Great Game between China and the United States
Tanguy Struye Swielande

11. Nationalism, Historical Consciousness and Regional Stability: Rising China as a Regional Power and Its New Assertiveness in the South China Sea
Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

12. China’s Rise in Central Asia: The Dragon Enters the Heart of Eurasia
Thierry Kellner

Part III. China and the World at Large

13. The Rise of China within Global Governance
Niall Duggan

14. China’s Rise and the Geopolitical Identity of the European Union
Frank Gaenssmantel

15. Is China on the Verge of a Weltpolitik? A Comparison of the Current Shift in the Balance of Power between China and the West and the Shift between Great Britain and Wilhelmine Germany
Jean-Christophe Defraigne

16. Epilogue
Bart Dessein

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, Asian History, International Relations, Asian Politics, Non-Western Philosophy, Political Theory