Chih-yu Shih – författare

As China Studies has grown as a discipline, it has also tended to be dominated by the major international powers, particularly China itself, and the USA. It is important to remember, however, that there is a rich and diverse history of China Studies elsewhere, especially in Southeast Asia. The Philippines is one such country. China studies experts from the Philippines encompass a broad spectrum of individuals, including activists and social workers, as well as university experts, think tank analysts, diplomats and journalists, and thus contribute a valuable new perspective.

This book seeks to therefore provide a deeper understanding of the Philippine approach to China, revealing the unique and complex connections between China Studies, ethnic studies, and policy studies. It highlights that the Philippines, as an epistemological site, complicates China as a category and Sinology as an academic agenda. Thus, the community can embrace nuances in research, as well as in life, to enable reconsideration and reconciliation of binaries. Furthermore, demonstrating how scholarship is a practice of life, and not merely a neutral process of observation and presentation, it challenges Sinologists elsewhere to see that understanding Sinologists is key to comprehending both their scholarship and China itself. As such, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Southeast Asian Studies and Chinese Studies, as well as anthropology and sociology more generally.

As China Studies has grown as a discipline, it has also tended to be dominated by the major international powers, particularly China itself, and the USA. It is important to remember, however, that there is a rich and diverse history of China Studies elsewhere, especially in Southeast Asia. The Philippines is one such country. China studies experts from the Philippines encompass a broad spectrum of individuals, including activists and social workers, as well as university experts, think tank analysts, diplomats and journalists, and thus contribute a valuable new perspective.

This book seeks to therefore provide a deeper understanding of the Philippine approach to China, revealing the unique and complex connections between China Studies, ethnic studies, and policy studies. It highlights that the Philippines, as an epistemological site, complicates China as a category and Sinology as an academic agenda. Thus, the community can embrace nuances in research, as well as in life, to enable reconsideration and reconciliation of binaries. Furthermore, demonstrating how scholarship is a practice of life, and not merely a neutral process of observation and presentation, it challenges Sinologists elsewhere to see that understanding Sinologists is key to comprehending both their scholarship and China itself. As such, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Southeast Asian Studies and Chinese Studies, as well as anthropology and sociology more generally.

This title examines strategic patience as a framework for understanding India-China relations and Indo-Pacific dynamics. It addresses conceptual foundations through relational approaches and historical analysis of pre-modern China''s engagement strategies. The book also covers leadership decision-making, epistemic validation and cognitive flexibility in bilateral relations, and:

Examines strategic patience as a conceptual framework in India-China relations with focus on relational approaches and historical precedents

Analyzes epistemic validation and cognitive flexibility in leadership decision-making within India-China relationship

Addresses regional dimensions of strategic patience through ASEAN, SAARC and SCO institutional frameworks

Covers cross-strait relations and Taiwan''s strategic positioning in US-Taiwan dynamics

Examines China''s governance approach in Xinjiang and regional order shaping in Central Asia

This title has been co-published with Knowledge World Publishers. T&F does not sell or distribute the print versions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri lanka.

This title examines strategic patience as a framework for understanding India-China relations and Indo-Pacific dynamics. It addresses conceptual foundations through relational approaches and historical analysis of pre-modern China''s engagement strategies. The book also covers leadership decision-making, epistemic validation and cognitive flexibility in bilateral relations, and:

Examines strategic patience as a conceptual framework in India-China relations with focus on relational approaches and historical precedents

Analyzes epistemic validation and cognitive flexibility in leadership decision-making within India-China relationship

Addresses regional dimensions of strategic patience through ASEAN, SAARC and SCO institutional frameworks

Covers cross-strait relations and Taiwan''s strategic positioning in US-Taiwan dynamics

Examines China''s governance approach in Xinjiang and regional order shaping in Central Asia

This title has been co-published with Knowledge World Publishers. T&F does not sell or distribute the print versions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri lanka.

This book explores the crisis of cultural identity which has assaulted Asian countries since Western countries began to have a profound impact on Asia in the nineteenth century. Confronted by Western ''civilization'' and by ''modernity'', Asian countries have been compelled to rethink their identity, and to consider how they should relate to Western ''civilization'' and ''modernity''. The result, the author argues, has been a redefining by Asian countries of their own character as nations, and an adaptation of ''civilization'' and ''modernity'' to their own special conditions. Asian nations, the author contends, have thereby engaged with the West and with modernity, but on their own terms, occasionally, and in various inconsistent ways in which they could assert a sense of difference, forcing changes in the Western concept of civilization. Drawing on postmodern theory, the Kyoto School, Confucian and other traditional Asian thought, and the actual experiences of Asian countries, especially China and Japan, the author demonstrates that Asian countries’ redefining of the concept of civilization in the course of their quest for an appropriate postmodern national identity is every bit as key a part of ''the rise of Asia'' as economic growth or greater international political activity.

This book explores the crisis of cultural identity which has assaulted Asian countries since Western countries began to have a profound impact on Asia in the nineteenth century. Confronted by Western ''civilization'' and by ''modernity'', Asian countries have been compelled to rethink their identity, and to consider how they should relate to Western ''civilization'' and ''modernity''. The result, the author argues, has been a redefining by Asian countries of their own character as nations, and an adaptation of ''civilization'' and ''modernity'' to their own special conditions. Asian nations, the author contends, have thereby engaged with the West and with modernity, but on their own terms, occasionally, and in various inconsistent ways in which they could assert a sense of difference, forcing changes in the Western concept of civilization. Drawing on postmodern theory, the Kyoto School, Confucian and other traditional Asian thought, and the actual experiences of Asian countries, especially China and Japan, the author demonstrates that Asian countries’ redefining of the concept of civilization in the course of their quest for an appropriate postmodern national identity is every bit as key a part of ''the rise of Asia'' as economic growth or greater international political activity.