Considering the important impact of Asian cultures on international relations, we conducted a multifaceted analysis and authentic summary of the Asian experiences and patterns of dealing with foreign relations from an Asian insiderâs perspective, aiming to find out where the diverging or converging diplomatic ways of the West and the East came from and what the positive diplomatic values and practices originated from Asian traditions are.
Focusing on China, volume one thoroughly analyses the nature, political culture and mechanism of the tribute system from ancient time to the modern era within and beyond China. Volume two studies the culture and diplomacy of various individual Asian nations except for China, both in general and in particular cases, with an interdisciplinary approach.
C. X. George Wei, PhD (1996), Washington University, is Distinguished Professor of History at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. He, as author, co-author, editor or co-editor, has published around 50 articles and book chapters and about 20 books on Chinese history and international relations.
Introduction: Asian Experiences Seen from Asian Perspectives
âC. X. George Wei
Part 1: The Tribute System within the Domestic Context: Essence, Paradigm and Variables
1 The Suzerain-Vassal System as East Asian Security System and Structure: Its Origin, Essence, Evolution and Features
âC. X. George Wei and Zhijiang Wei
2 Bridle and Tame: The Evolution of the Tributary System of Ancient Chinaâs Borderland Minorities â Centered on the Borderland Minorities of Northeast China
âCheng Nina
Part 2: The Tribute System within the Global Context: Conflict, Transition and Transplantation
3 The Fundamental Features of the Tribute System during the Song Dynasty
âHuang Chunyan
4 The Chinese Rites Controversy: The Whole Story of the Kangxiâs Envoy Joseph-Antoine Provanaâs Mission to Rome
âTang Kaijian
5 New Light on the Asian Tribute Trade and the Tokugawa Invention of a Japan-Centered International Order
âGeoffrey C. Gunn
Part 3: From the Tribute System to Modern Diplomacy: Challenge, Transformation and Adaptation
6 From the Bridle Doctrine to Treaty Diplomacy
âLi Yuming
7 The âTwo Paralleled Systemsâ of the Joseon Dynasty in the Nineteenth Century: The Cultural and Diplomatic Background
âQuan Hexiu
8 The âNew Opium Warâ of Republican China under the League of Nations: Distrust and Contention between the Chinese Government and the League
âLi Jing and C. X. George Wei
Glossary Index
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