When China Rules the World · the End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order [Greatly Expanded and Fully Updated] by Jacques, Martin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Contents ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dedication List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables List of Illustrations Note on Transliteration, Names and Currency Major Periods in Imperial China When China Rules the World

1: The Changing of the Guard

A NEW KIND OF WORLD

I: The End of the Western World

2: The Rise of the West

PRECONDITIONS OR CHARACTERISTICS? EUROPEAN EXCEPTIONALISM THE DOMINANCE OF EUROPE THE RISE OF THE UNITED STATES

3: Japan – Modern But Hardly Western

WHERE DOES JAPAN COME FROM? THE MEIJI RESTORATION THE LINES OF CONTINUITY THE TURN TO THE WEST

4: China’s Ignominy

A PLACE IN THE SUN THE CHINESE STATE IMPLOSION AND INVASION AFTER 1949 ECONOMIC TAKE-OFF

5: Contested Modernity

THE RISE OF EAST ASIAN MODERNITY SPEED OF TRANSITION THE CONCEPT OF MODERNITY THE PRIMACY OF CULTURE THE EXTENT OF WESTERNIZATION INDIGENOUS MODERNITY CONTESTED MODERNITY

II: The Age of China

6: China as an Economic Superpower

HOW SUSTAINABLE IS CHINA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH? GETTING OLDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL DILEMMA LOW TECH OR HIGH TECH? THE CHINESE MODEL A MATTER OF SIZE CHINA’S GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPACT

7: A Civilization-State

A CIVILIZATION-STATE CHINA AS A CONTINENT THE NATURE OF CHINESE POLITICS CHINA AND DEMOCRACY COMMUNIST RULE CHINA AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF STATE

8: The Middle Kingdom Mentality

FROM DIVERSITY TO HOMOGENEITY FROM UNIVERSE TO NATION-STATE THE CHINESE AND RACE TIBET AND XINJIANG DENIAL AND REALITY OVERSEAS CHINESE CHINA AND DIFFERENCE

9: China’s Own Backyard

CHINA’S NEW TURN SHIFTING SANDS ECHOES OF THE PAST TAIWAN – THE GREAT NON-NEGOTIABLE BIG BROTHER AND LITTLE BROTHER … AND THE ELEPHANT

10: China as a Rising Global Power

LATIN AMERICA AFRICA THE MIDDLE EAST AND IRAN RUSSIA INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA EUROPE THE RISING SUPERPOWER AND THE DECLINING SUPERPOWER GROWING CONFLICT THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

11: When China Rules the World

THE LONG REACH OF CHINESE HISTORY BEIJING AS THE NEW GLOBAL CAPITAL THE RISE OF THE CIVILIZATION-STATE THE RETURN OF THE TRIBUTARY SYSTEM WEIGHT OF NUMBERS THE CHINESE RACIAL ORDER A CHINESE COMMONWEALTH? ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE A NEW EXEMPLAR OF CAPITALISM CHINA’S BEHAVIOUR AS A GREAT POWER A NEW POLITICAL POLE A CONTEST OF VALUES A MULTITUDE OF NEW CITIES AND MEGA-CITIES CAN YOU SPEAK MANDARIN? THE RISE OF CHINESE UNIVERSITIES CHINESE CULTURE AS SOFT POWER THE BEIJING OLYMPICS CHINESE FOOD AND MEDICINE

12: Concluding Remarks: The Eight Differences that Define China 13: Afterword

CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY A CHINESE WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER CHINESE SOFT POWER THE CHINESE STATE THE DECLINE OF THE UNITED STATES BE PREPARED FOR A SURPRISE …

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