Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Saint-Louis University, Belgium and Zhejiang University, ChinaNiall Duggan, University of Göttingen, GermanyKristof Elsen, Ghent University, BelgiumFrank Gaenssmantel, University of Groningen, the NetherlandsBruno Hellendorff, Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP), BelgiumTze-ki Hon is Professor History at the State University of New York at Geneseo, USAThierry Kellner, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumJulia Schneider, University of Göttingen, GermanyTanguy Struye de Swielande, University of Louvain, BelgiumAdy Van den Stock, Ghent University, BelgiumTine Walravens, Ghent University, Belgium Hung-jen Wang, National Cheng Kung University, TaiwanEmile Kok-Kheng Yeoh, University of Malaya, Malaysia

To rescue understanding of a rising China from an agenda dominated by political economy, this book re-embeds it in history of Chinese thought and the conventions to be derived from it. This sophisticated approach may help anxious readers gain the confidence to answer waves of change with intellectual curiosity. Shih Chih-Yu, Department of Political Science, National University of Taiwan

• 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