Hegemony with Chinese Characteristics
Hegemony with Chinese Characteristics compares the historical relationship of China with its neighbors to the developing trajectory of the Belt and Road Initiative, and asks what this tells us about the kind of hegemon China is likely to become.
China is going to play a more active and decisive role in the international community and there is much uncertainty about how China will handle its responsibilities and interests. The ambiguous and assertive Belt and Road Initiative is a matter of special concern in this aspect. The Tributary System, which provides concrete evidence of how Chinese dynasties handled relations with foreigners, is a useful reference point in trying to understand its twenty-first century developments. This is particularly true, because after the turbulence of the Century of Humiliation and the Maoist Era, China seems to be explicitly re-embracing its history and its pre-revolutionary identity. Confucius, one of the biggest targets of the Cultural Revolution, is being rehabilitated alongside Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and other ideologies and philosophies suppressed in the Mao era. Dogan analyzes the extent to which Chinas current approach to foreign relations resembles its earlier models.
Grounded in hegemony as an analytic lens, this book provides an innovative study of the power generated by the global rise in China. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of Chinese foreign policy and international relations and serve as a benchmark for further studies.
Asm Dogan lived and engaged in business with his own company in Hong Kong and Mainland China for 18 years, and has an MA in Public Management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a PhD in Political Science and International Relations.
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Asm Dogan
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Hegemony with Chinese Characteristics
From the Tributary System to the Belt and Road Initiative
Asm Dogan
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Names: Dogan, Asm, author.
Title: Hegemony with Chinese characteristics: from the tributary
system to the Belt and Road Initiative/Asm Dogan.
Description: London; New York: Routledge, 2021. |
Series: Routledge contemporary China series |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020048158 (print) | LCCN 2020048159 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780367751074 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367751067 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781003161004 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: HegemonyChinaHistory. | ChinaForeign relations. |
Tributary system (China) | Yi dai yi lu (Initiative: China)
Classification: LCC DS740.4 D64 2021 (print) |
LCC DS740.4 (ebook) | DDC 327.51dc23
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Contents
ABC | Agricultural Bank of China |
AIIB | Asia Infrastructure and Investment Bank |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
BOC | Bank of China |
BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
BRICS | Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China, South Africa |
CCB | China Construction Bank |
CCP | Chinese Communist Party |
CDB | China Development Bank |
EIBC | Export-Import Bank of China |
EU | European Union |
HSBC | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
ICBC | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
NDB | New Development Bank |
SRF | Silk Road Fund |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
In social sciences some specific terms can evoke different meanings or imply different nuances in different societies from specific cultural backgrounds and historical experiences. Hegemony is such a term. The exact meaning of hegemony in the modern international academic community and in Chinese language and culture has differences in nuances. Before examining the Tributary System and Belt and Road Initiative, the nuances in definitions of hegemony must be clarified to comprehend its exact meaning and differences according to the international actors.
Hegemony, hegemonia and hegemon initially originated from the Greek word hegeisthai, which means to lead. Hegemonia literally means leadership, and it is derived from the word hegemon, which means leader. Hegemonia was first used in the English language in the mid-16th century and finally evolved into todays final form we use: Hegemony (Kaymak, : 218).