Interpreting China as a Regional and Global Power

Introduction; Bart Dessein PART I: HISTORICAL CONCIOUSNESS 1. Chinese Nationalists under Manchu Emperors: The Origins of Chinese Nationalism in the 19th and Early 20th Century; Julia Schneider 2. Radical Confucianism: The Critique of Imperial Orthodoxy in Guocui xuebao (1905–1911); Tze-ki Hon 3. History and Historical Consciousness in Contemporary China: Political Confucianism, Spiritual Confucianism, and the Politics of Spirit; Ady Van den Stock 4. All-under-Heaven and the Chinese Nation-state; Bart Dessein PART II: CHINA AND HER PERIPHERY 5. Subjective Knowledge Foundation of the Cross-Straits International Peace Discourse; Hung-jen Wang 6. Universal and Asian Values in East Asian Regionalism. Japan's 'New Asianism' after the Cold War; Kristof Elsen 7. Diversifying Narratives: Perceptions of a Weak Japan Facing a Rising China; Tine Walravens 8. Hiding Behind the Tribute: Status, Symbol, and Power in Sino-Southeast Asian Relations, Past and Present; Bruno Hellendorff 9. The Indo-Pacific: The New Great Game between China and the United States; Tanguy Struye de Swielande 10. 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 11. China's Rise in Central Asia: The Dragon enters the Heart of Eurasia; Thierry Kellner PART III: CHINA AND THE WORLD AT LARGE 12. The Rise of China Within Global Governance; Niall Duggan 13. China's Rise as a Geopolitical Identity of the European Union; Frank Gaenssmantel 14. 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 ad Wilhelmine Germany; Jean-Christophe Defraigne Epilogue; Bart Dessein