This article reviews China's position in international society over the past couple of
centuries, and against that background assesses the prospects for China's strategy of …

As China continues rapidly to develop, the question remains,'Is it possible for China to rise
peacefully?'It is generally agreed that China's rise from 1979 to the present has been quite …

China is rising, along with worldwide concern over the strategic implications of growing
Chinese power. Among US scholars, those who argue for engagement focus on the …

This collection examines changes in China's international role over the past century. Tracing
the links between domestic and external expectations in the PRC's role conception and …

Competing great powers, and the potential for clashes among them when there are changes
of place at the top of the hierarchy, are an old story in international relations. Against this …

Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension
of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its …

The 'rise of China'discourse involves two critical issues: whether China is rising or has
risen? If the answer is yes, will China be a status quo power or a revisionist power? The …

During the last four decades, China has moved from being an isolated country separated
from the international community to having become one of the world's major powers. It is …

Although there is clear dissatisfaction in China with the nature of the current global order, it
is hard to find a clear and coherent Chinese vision of what an alternative world might look …

The tianxia trope has been advanced as an organizing principle for post-Cold War
international relations encompassing the rise of the People's Republic of China. The tianxia …