Looking back to look forward: Chinese geopolitical narratives and China's past

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-314

  Agnew, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; China's history; Chinese exceptionalism; Confucianism; geopolitical narratives; national humiliation; nationalist geopolitik; Orientalism; Pacific Rim; policy entrepreneurs; syncretism; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONALISM; ORIENTALISM;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84864438853     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.53.3.301     Document Type: Article

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