Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan [electronic resource] /
Tok, S.author.
Is China always defensive about its sovereignty issues? Does China see sovereignty essentially as 'absolute,' 'Victorian,' or 'Westphalian?' Sow Keat Tok suggests that Beijing has a more nuanced and flexible policy towards 'sovereignty' than previously assumed. By comparing China's changing policy towards Taiwan and Hong Kong, the author relates the role of previous conceptions of the world order in China's conception of modern 'sovereignty', thereby uncovers Beijing's deepest concern when dealing with its sovereignty issues.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Note on Transliteration""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction: Renegotiating Chinaâ€?s Sovereignty in Contemporary Politics""; ""I. The question""; ""II. Limitation of current international relations studies on Chinese sovereignty""; ""III. Structure of the book""; ""2 China and the Concept of Sovereignty""; ""I. What is sovereignty?""; ""II. China before sovereignty: All under heaven [tianxia]""; ""III. Contact with sovereignty: Chinaâ€?s responses""
""IV. Juxtaposing tianxia with sovereignty""""V. Conclusion: Sovereignty lost in translation""; ""3 Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: Sovereignty in Chinaâ€?s Academia""; ""I. Chinaâ€?s political and academic scenes: Two sides of the same coin?""; ""II. Academic writings on sovereignty in China: The analysis""; ""III. In focus: Sovereignty [zhuquan] versus right of governance [zhiquan]""; ""IV. Conclusion""; ""4 Imagining One Sovereign: Sovereignty in Chinaâ€?s Political Discourse""; ""I. Is China a unitary state?""; ""II. Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR: One country, two systems""
""III. Shifting the goalposts of sovereignty through â€œOne Chinaâ€?""""IV. For the sake of the game? The act of â€œrighting the nameâ€?""; ""5 Accommodating Two Governances under One Sovereignty: The HKSARâ€?s Domestic Spheres and International Space""; ""I. Managing the â€œHong Kong expectation,â€? separating Right of Governance""; ""II. Reasserting de jure sovereignty: Workaround via basic law interpretation""; ""III. â€œOne de jure sovereignty, two rights of governanceâ€?""; ""6 Managing Taiwanâ€?s International Space: Comparing Taiwanâ€?s Experiences in the WTO and WHA""
""I. Taiwanâ€?s international space: An overview""""II. Taiwanâ€?s international space: More than a sovereignty issue""; ""III. Significance of Taiwanâ€?s experiences to understand the Chinese view of sovereignty""; ""IV. â€œOne Chinaâ€? as a baseline for negotiation""; ""7 Conclusion: Revisiting the Basic Assumption about Chinaâ€?s Behaviour""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Is China always defensive about its sovereignty issues? Does China see sovereignty essentially as 'absolute,' 'Victorian,' or 'Westphalian?' Sow Keat Tok suggests that Beijing has a more nuanced and flexible policy towards 'sovereignty' than previously assumed. By comparing China's changing policy towards Taiwan and Hong Kong, the author relates the role of previous conceptions of the world order in China's conception of modern 'sovereignty', thereby uncovers Beijing's deepest concern when dealing with its sovereignty issues.
Political economy.
International relations.
Asia—Politics and government.
Ethnology—Asia.
Diplomacy.
Political science.
International Political Economy.
International Relations.
Asian Politics.
Asian Culture.
Diplomacy.
Political Science.