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1、EastAsia(2009)26:77–79DOI10.1007/s12140-008-9066-8BOOKREVIEWWangGungwuandZhengYongnian(eds.),ChinaandtheNewInternationalOrderRoutledge:LondonandNewYork,2008.316pages,$170hb,ISBN:0-415-44111-7WeixingHuReceived:1October2008/Accepted:1October2008/Publishedonline:16January2009#SpringerS
2、cience+BusinessMediaB.V.2009TherapidriseofChinaraisesquestionsabouthowitisviewedandacceptedinaWestern-dominatedinternationalsocietyandhowChinacomestotermswiththeWesternworld.TheperceptiongapbetweenChinaandtheWestremainswide,andtheprocessofmutualrecognitionandacceptancehasprovendiffi
3、cult,ifnotimpossible.ForWesterncountries,thenewlyrisingpowerisa“threat”and“alien”totheexistingsystem.TheChinese,sincethebeginningofthereformsandopeningtotheoutsideworld,havetriedhardtointegrateintotheinternationalsystembuttheyhaveoftenbeenprofoundlyfrustrated,astherecentOlympictorch
4、relaysinParis,London,andSanFranciscodemonstrated.Aninternetpostingentitled“ChineseGrievances”writes:“[W]hatdoyouwantfromus?WhenweweretheSickManofAsia,WewerecalledTheYellowPeril.WhenwearebilledtobethenextSuperpower,wearecalledtheThreat.Whenweclosedourdoors,yousmuggleddrugstoopenourma
5、rkets.WhenweembraceFreeTrade,Youblameusfortakingawayyourjobs.”Chinahasbeenconstantlyengaginginsoul-searchingaboutitsrelationswithWesterncountriesandwhatisChina’srightfulplaceintheinternationalorder.Yet,howtheoutsideworldandinternationalorderlooksfromtheChinesepointofviewisaquestiona
6、scrucialasthatofhowtheoutsideworldperceivestheriseofChinaintoday’sworld.TheeditedvolumebyWangGungwuandZhengYongnianprovidesanswerstothiscrucialquestion.Thecollectivevolumeof15excellentessayspresentsatimelyandinvaluablecontributiontothecurrentdebateabouttheimplicationsoftheriseofChin
7、afromaninside-outperspective.TheexistingscholarlyworkandpolicydebatesabouttheriseofChinahavebeendisproportionatelyfocusedonhowtheworldshouldcopewitharapidlyrisingChina,whilelittleattentionisgiventohowChinaisstrugglingtocometotermswiththeexistinginternationalorder.InclosingW.Hu(*)Dep
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