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 insider’s 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 C. X. George Wei
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The Role of Buddhism in Communication between the Fou Nan Kingdom and the Liu Song Dynasty Aiqin Cheng and Jianhong Cai
2
Yamato Culture and Japan’s Diplomatic Predicament Li Wen
3
Public Opinion and Foreign Affairs: The Conscription System, National Consciousness, and the Warfare Propaganda of Japanese Empire Tian Xuemei
4
Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose: The Common Indian Philosophical Root of Their Political Ideas and the Conversion of Their Nationalism and Anti-Nationalism into Pan-Asianism Cao Yin and C. X. George Wei
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How Special Has the Special Relationship between China and Vietnam Been? A Reexamination of Three Aspects of the Sino-Vietnamese Relations: The Chinese Model, the Chinese World Order, and Conflict Management Xiaorong Han
6
Thailand’s Successful Diplomacy in the Nineteenth Century Li Min
7
The Cultural Parameters of Indonesian Foreign Policy since 1945 Geoffrey C. Gunn
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Form as Substance: Elements of Diplomacy from Premodern and Early Modern Southeast Asia Alan Chong
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Religious Interactions and Transnational Diplomatic Representation: Protection for Persian Traders (Acem tüccarı) in the Ottoman Lands around 1700 Suraiya Faroqhi
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