Rethinking the Chinese world order: The imperial cycle and the rise of China

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 24, Issue 96, 2015, Pages 961-982

  Zhao, Suisheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; IMPERIALISM; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NEW WORLD ORDER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA;

EID: 84943361037     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2015.1030913     Document Type: Article

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