“…"In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West." …”

“…As improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way to understand today's China and how it views the West is to look at the astonishing ways Chinese intellectuals are interpreting-or is it misinterpreting?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Retrospect and prospect of Sino-Christian theology : an introduction / The emergence of scholars studying Christianity in mainland China / Historical reflections on "Sino-Christian Theology" / The "cultural Christians" phenomenon in China : a Hong Kong discussion / Conceptual differences between Hong Kong and Chinese theologians : a study of the "cultural Christians" controversy / Theological translation and transmission between China and the West / The value of theology in humanities : possible approaches to Sino-Christian theology / Sino-Christian theology : the unfolding of "Dao" in the Chinese language context / Zhang Qingxiong -- The paradigm shift : from Chinese theology to Sino-Christian theology : a case study on Liu Xiaofeng / Sino-Christian theology, Bible, and Christian tradition / Messianic predestination in Romans 8 and classical Confucianism / Reflection on enlightenment : a proposal of the focus of Sino-Christian theology…”

“…Exploring the conflict between China's rapid modernisation and the west, as well as its own traditional values…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire -- Chapter 2: China and the West: The Road to the Opium War -- Chapter 3: Taiping, Nian and Muslim Uprisings (1850-84) -- Chapter 4: Restoration and Western Colonization (1861-98) -- Chapter 5: Boxer Rising and Imperial Decline (1899-1911) -- Chapter 6: Struggle for a Republic of China (1911-16) -- Chapter 7: May Fourth Movement, Communists and Nationalists (1917-24) -- Chapter 8: Northern Expedition and United Front (1923-7) -- Chapter 9: Nanjing Decade and Long March (1927-37) -- Chapter 10: Japanese Invasion, Second United Front and Civil War (1937-49) -- Interlude: New China, New History? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lee -- "The Indies of the West" or, The tale of how an imaginary geography circumnavigated the globe / Ricardo Padrón -- Imagining China in a Golden Age Spanish epic / Christina H. …”

“…Is China part of the world? Based on much of the political, media, and popular discourse in the West the answer is seemingly no. …”

“…"In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to a country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the 21st century. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Lorenzo Kamel -- Foreword-Beatrice Gallelli, Francesca Ghiretti and Lorenzo Mariani-Introduction-Francesca Ghiretti-The Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: the Ports of Genoa and Trieste-Nicola Bilotta -- China's Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: An Analysis of Financial Cooperation-Francesca Ghiretti and Lorenzo Mariani -- One Belt One Voice: Chinese Media in Italy -- Nicola Casarini -- Silk Road Academic Connections: China-Italy Cooperation in Higher Education and Its Implications for the West -- Lorenzo Mariani -- The Belt and Road Initiative and the Internationalisation of China's Scientific Power: The Case of Italy -- Beatrice Gallelli, Francesca Ghiretti and Lorenzo Mariani -- Conclusion-Contributors-Abbreviations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Axel Berger -- China and investor-state dispute settlement : experiences and prospects / Manjiao Chi -- Chinese firms in the US-China Trade War / Soo Yeon Kim -- Technology diffusion in the triangle of China, the West and developing countries : the contribution of common concern of mankind / Thomas Cottier…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Agency and Cultural Understanding: Some Preliminary Remarks; 1 Translingual Practice: The Discourse of Individualism between China and the West; 2 Samsara: Self and the Crisis of Visual Narrative; 3 Visual Agency and Ideological Fantasy in Three Films by Zhang Yimou; 4 Contesting and Contested Identities: Mathura's Chaubes; 5 Self-Made; 6 Defining the Self in Indian Literary and Filmic Texts; 7 Selves and Others in Japanese Culture in Historical Perspective; 8 Self, Agency, and Cultural Knowledge: Reflections on Three Japanese Films…”

“…Voices from China's Century brings together voices from China's three main intellectual communities: Liberals, New Left, and New Confucians. …”

“…Weapons deployed in space. China and Russia (and Iran and North Korea) spark news stories here by carrying out bold acts of aggression and violating international laws and norms. …”

“…China's news sector is a place where newsmakers, advertising executives, company bosses, and Party officials engage one another in contingent and evolving arrangements that run from cooperation and collaboration to manipulation and betrayal. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…List of Illustrations Preface Work Together for a Bright Future of China-Iran Relations, Xi Jinping, January 2016 Chapter 1. …”

“…While these events are history in the West, they live on in Japan and especially China…”

“…Despite its significance in China, the Spring and Autumn has been largely neglected and is poorly understood in the West, perhaps for the simple reason that its records, which are brief, impersonal, and highly formulaic, look nothing like the coded moral judgments that tradition claims them to be. …”

“…The Eurocentric conventional wisdom holds that the West is unique in having a multi-state system in international relations and liberal democracy in state-society relations. …”
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