The China Order: Centralia, World Empire, and the Nature of Chinese Power

Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	The China Order
	Arrangement of the Book
Chapter 1. The Centralia: The Origin and the Basics
	The Chinese Nomenclature: More than Just Semantics
	China as a World: Ecogeography Shapes the Mind
	The Chinese Peoples and the Chinese Multination
	History and the Writing of History in China
	The Precondition: The Pre-Qin China
	The Glory and Peacefulness of the Warring States
Chapter 2. The Qin-Han Polity and Chinese World Empire
	Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism
	The Qin Polity: The Chinese Totalitarianism
	The Qin Tianxia: A World Empire Order
	The Qin-Han Polity and the China Order
	The Fused Confucianism-Legalism
	The Consolidation and Expansion of the China Order
	The Recurrence of the China Order and the Great East-West Divergence
	The Evolution and Refinement of the China Order
	From the Second Great Disunion to the Ultimate China Order
	The Qing World Empire
Chapter 3. The Forsaken Turn: The Song Era
	The Song: An Uncommon Qin-Han Empire
	Song’s Chinese World
	Chanyuan System: A New World Order for Eastern Eurasia
	Chanyuan Treaty: The Chinese Peace of Westphalia
	The Chanyuan System in the Chinese Mind
	The Splendid Song: The Chinese World under the Chanyuan System
	Song Era: The Peak of Ancient Chinese Civilization
Chapter 4. The China Order: An Assessment
	The China Order: The Characteristics
		Totality
		Universality
		Hierarchy
		Dualities
		Control
		Hypocrisy and Duplicity
		Efficacy
		Longevity
	The China Order versus the Westphalia System
	Ideal Governance for the Rulers at Exorbitant Expense
	Great Incompatibility and Long Stagnation
	Deadly Sisyphus, Inescapable Inferno
	Why the Stagnation: A Pausing Note on Monopoly
Chapter 5. The Century of Humiliation and Progress
	The Decay and Fading of the China Order
	Westernization: The Way to Survive
	The Unusual Fall of the Qing Empire
	The ROC on the Chinese Mainland: An Era of Opportunities
	Late-Qing and the Republican Eras: A Reassessment
Chapter 6. Great Leap Backward
	The ROC: A Tenacious but Transforming Authoritarianism
	The Rise of the CCP
	Mao and the Mandate of the People
	Guns, Ruses, and Promises
	The PRC: A New Qin-Han State
	Post-Mao: A Qin-Han Polity Continues with Changes
	Suboptimal Performance, Rich State, Strong Military
Chapter 7. The China Struggle Between Tianxia and Westphalia
	The Tianxia Mandate
	Mao’s Global War for a New China Order
	Rescued and Enriched by the Enemy
	Opening and Hiding: To Survive the End of the Cold War
	The China Dream: Rejuvenation and Global Governance
Epilogue: The Scenarios
Notes
Bibliography
Index