Identity Factor in Chinese Relations With Europe - China and the Barbarian Civilization

The identity factor in China-Europe relations. The identity of the modern Chinese state was forged in the context of European emissaries, gunboats, and books. The effects still shape China's policies towards Europe today, as it becomes a focal point in the great power competition between the US and China.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introducing the China-Europe Identity Issue
Chapter 2: Ontological Security with Chinese Characteristics?
Chapter 3: The History of the Chinese Image of Europe
Chapter 4: Re-Establishing China in a Eurocentric Order
Chapter 5: CCP's New China in a Post-War World
Chapter 6: Embargo Breakdown in the New Millennium
Chapter 7: The 2008 Olympic Troubles
Chapter 8: Boycotts of Europe in Xi Jinping's New Era
Chapter 9: Identity Matters

About the author

Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), specializing in Chinese foreign policy and international relations theory. He holds a PhD from the LSE, after studies at Oxford and universities in Norway and China, and has published on a broad range of topics related to Chinese foreign policies of the past and present.

Summary

The identity factor in China-Europe relations. The identity of the modern Chinese state was forged in the context of European emissaries, gunboats, and books. The effects still shape China’s policies towards Europe today, as it becomes a focal point in the great power competition between the US and China.

Product details

• Authors: Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson, Bjrnar (Norwegian Institute of Sverdrup-Thygeson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032444024
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244402-4
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: New International Relations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; China, Ethnic Studies, Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, China;Europe;Identity;Ontology;Xi Jinping;Embargo