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China and East Asian Regional Order

China and East Asian Regional Order: A Reader (Edited by Sun Xuefeng, Matt Ferchen and M. Taylor Fravel)


Introduction by Yan Xuetong


Part I Imperial China and East Asian Regional Order


  • Zhou Fangyin, Equilibrium Analysis of the Tributary System
  • Zhang Feng, Rethinking the ‘Tribute System’: Broadening the Conceptual Horizon of Historical East Asian Politics
  • Zhang Xiaomin and Xu Chunfeng, The Late Qing Dynasty Diplomatic Transformation: Analysis from an Ideational Perspective
  • Zhou Fangyin, The Role of Ideational and Material Factors in the Qing Dynasty Diplomatic Transformation

Part II A Rising China, Regional Powers and East Asian Regional Order


  • Nie Hongyi, Explaining Chinese Solutions to Territorial Disputes with Neighbour States
  • Lai Foon Wong, China–ASEAN and Japan–ASEAN Relations during the Post-Cold War Era
  • Lora Saalman, Between ‘China Threat Theory’ and ‘Chindia’: Chinese Responses to India’s Military Modernization


Part III A Rising China, US and East Asian Regional Order


  • Yan Xuetong, The Instability of China–US Relations
  • Alastair Iain Johnston, Stability and Instability in Sino–US Relations: A Response to Yan Xuetong’s Superficial Friendship Theory
  • John J. Mearsheimer, The Gathering Storm: China’s Challenge to US Power in Asia


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