China and the barbarians : resisting the Western world order / by Henk Schulte Nordholt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulte Nordholt, Henk, 1953 June 1- author.

Standardized Title:

China en de barbaren. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign relations--Western countries.

China.

Western countries--Foreign relations--China.

Western countries.

China--Politics and government.

China--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the Dutch.

Summary:

Since times immemorial China regarded its culture, philosophy and statecraft as superior to all other nations, hence the saying <i>Hua Yi Zhi Bian</i> - China and the barbarians are different. In the so-called 'Age of Humiliation' (1839-1949), Western and Japanese imperialists reduced the old empire to a semi-colony. China has now regained its economic and military strength, but what drives its domestic and foreign policy? President Xi Jinping has declared that 'Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era' is at hand, but China can better be described as a country in search of a new identity. The philosopher Tu Weiming sees China as a battlefield of Socialism, Liberalism and Confucianism. The outcome of this struggle will have profound repercussions. Continuation of the present policy will only lead to increased tensions with its neighbours, because the Communist Party claims that only she can restore China's rightful position under heaven. Beijing's land reclamation in the South China Sea and the 'One Belt, One Road' initiative are foremost driven by a yearning to restore the days of China's imperial grandeur. If China choses the 'third way' of blending the Confucian meritocratic tradition with a western style representative government, a clash with its neighbours and the United States can be avoided. China and the barbarians offers a fascinating insight into the thinking of China's philosophers and powerbrokers of the past and present. Interviews with eight prominent Chinese intellectuals add an authentic ring to this book.

Contents:

The lofty classical order

The century of humiliation

A new beginning

Xi Jinping has a dream

The eternal party

An alternative to the party?

The experience of history : from supremacy to shame

Foreign policy under Mao and Deng : from rebellion to harmony

The new nationalism

The party on a dead-end street

The third way

The World Of The Great Harmony.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2022).

Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-353) and index.

ISBN:

9789400602908

9400602901

9789400602892

9400602898

OCLC:

1065025811

Publisher Number:

heb40400 hdl