The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power

Examines the rising power of China and Chinese foreign policy through a revisionist analysis of Chinese civilization.

Table of Contents:
Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: The China Order Arrangement of the Book 1. The Centralia: The Origin and the Basics The Chinese Nomenclature: More than Just Semantics China as a World: Ecogeography Shapes the Mind The Chinese Peoples and the Chinese Multination History and the Writing of History in China The Precondition: The Pre-Qin China The Glory and Peacefulness of the Warring States 2. The Qin-Han Polity and Chinese World Empire Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism The Qin Polity: The Chinese Totalitarianism The Qin Tianxia: A World Empire Order The Qin-Han Polity and the China Order The Fused Confucianism-Legalism The Consolidation and Expansion of the China Order The Recurrence of the China Order and the Great East-West Divergence The Evolution and Refinement of the China Order From the Second Great Disunion to the Ultimate China Order The Qing World Empire 3. The Forsaken Turn: The Song Era The Song: An Uncommon Qin-Han Empire Song’s Chinese World Chanyuan Treaty: China’s Peace of Westphalia Chanyuan System: A New World Order for Eastern Eurasia Chanyuan System in the Chinese Mind The Splendid Song: The Chinese World under the Chanyuan System Song Era: The Peak of Ancient Chinese Civilization 4. The China Order: An Assessment The China Order: The Characteristics The China Order versus the Westphalia System Ideal Governance for the Rulers at Exorbitant Expenses Great Incompatibility and Long Stagnation Deadly Sisyphus, Inescapable Inferno Why the Stagnation: A Pausing Note on Monopoly 5. The Century of Humiliation and Progress The Decay and Fading of the China Order Westernization: The Way to Survive The Unusual Fall of the Qing Empire The ROC on the Chinese Mainland: An Era of Opportunities Late-Qing and the Republican Eras: A Reassessment 6. Great Leap Backward The ROC: A Tenacious but Transforming Authoritarianism The Rise of the CCP Mao and the Mandate of the People Guns, Ruses, and Promises The PRC: A New Qin-Han State Post-Mao: The Qin-Han Polity Changes and Continues Suboptimal Performance, Rich State, Strong Military 7. The China Struggle Between Tianxia and Westphalia The Tianxia Mandate Mao’s Global War for a New China Order Rescued and Enriched by the Enemy Opening and Hiding: To Survive the End of the Cold War The China Dream: Rejuvenation and Global Governance Epilogue: The Scenarios Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Fei-Ling Wang is Professor of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His books include Organizing through Division and Exclusion: China's Hukou System and China Rising: Power and Motivation in Chinese Foreign Policy (coedited with Yong Deng).

Review :
"An original, important, well-researched, and powerfully argued exploration of the virtues and vices of the Chinese state from its ancient past to its likely future." - Edward Friedman, University of Wisconsin, Madison "A masterpiece. Wang provides a grand, sweeping, even epic review of two thousand years of Chinese history. His argument is compelling and well documented; the richness and variety of sources-Chinese and English-he cites is breathtaking. The book is likely to end up on the reading list of every serious student of China's position in the world for many years to come." - Daniel C. Lynch, author of China's Futures: PRC Elites Debate Economics, Politics, and Foreign Policy "This imaginative and provocative grand tour of Chinese cosmological order and geopolitical strategy, past and present, is destined to become a classic." - Ming Xia, author of The People's Congresses and Governance in China: Toward a Network Mode of Governance