China in the international system, 1918-20 : the Middle Kingdom at the periphery

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China in the international system, 1918-20 : the Middle Kingdom at the periphery

Zhang Yongjin

(St. Antony's/Macmillan series)

Macmillan in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1991

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Translated from the Chinese

Bibliography: p. 244-254

Includes index

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Description

By a systematic study of the neglected subject of China's diplomatic history of 1918-1920, the book contends that China and China's place in the post-war East Asian international order were the central themes of the reconstruction of that order. Against the background of China's gradual integration into the international system, the Chinese diplomacy of the period showed that China had fully accepted basic principles and values and shared common interests and common working institutions of the emerging international society of states and was in turn accepted by the other members of the community. This study, conducted in the theoretical framework of the expansion of international society, argues, however, that China's entry into international society is not marked by China's meticulously fulfilling the European standard of "civilization" but by a revolt against the Treaty System in China based on a demand that principles universally acknowledged as governing relations between European nations should equally be applicable to China's international relations.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 An empire contracted in a world expanded: two families of nations, East and West
  • problems of communication between two civilizations, East and West
  • the collapse of sino-centrism (1)
  • the collapse of sino-centrism (2)
  • the "core" and "periphery" in international system
  • a nation among the nations. Part 2 A disappointed nation at Paris, 1919: getting prepared
  • a bone of contention
  • an unrewarding supplication
  • an "even break"
  • nationalism and the May fourth movement
  • the issue of signature
  • absence from the hall of mirrors. Part 3 Whither China in East Asian international order: the British perspective
  • the American perspective
  • the Japanese perspective
  • the Chinese perspective. Part 4 Russia breakthrough: opportunities undreamed of
  • along the borderlands
  • a special mission
  • the break.

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  • NCID
    BA12535031
  • ISBN
    • 0333536827
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    chi
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 262 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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