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China's Global Aspirations and Confucianism

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Authors:
  1. Anja Lahtinen

    1. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • Assesses the origins of China’s global aspirations
  • Presents historical and cultural narrative to gain a more profound understanding of China
  • Discusses Confucianism which guided the emperors in their mandate of heaven over two thousand years

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Anja Lahtinen
    Pages 1-7

  3. Confucianism Along with Chinese History

    • Anja Lahtinen
    Pages 9-25

  4. Encounters Between China and the West

    • Anja Lahtinen
    Pages 27-37

  5. Soft Power

    • Anja Lahtinen
    Pages 39-48

  6. The Belt and Road Initiative

    • Anja Lahtinen
    Pages 49-61

  7. China’s Global Aspirations

    • Anja Lahtinen
    Pages 63-73

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 75-79

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 81-92
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About this book

This book deals with China’s global aspirations, which rise from its economic power, history, tradition, ideology, and culture. Confucianism guided the emperors in their mandate of heaven over two thousand years. Today government-driven Confucianism as a country’s soft power is embedded to advance China’s aspirations for global power. The methodology in this book is historical and cultural narrative to gain a more profound understanding of China—how China thinks and acts.

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“This is a book about Confucianism in contemporary China. … I do think that this is an informative and timely new book linking some of the main ideas in traditional Confucianism with contemporary Chinese ideology and policies as regards constructing a world order and cultivating global influence.” (Haimo Li, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Vol. 50 (3), 2023)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Anja Lahtinen

About the author

Anja Lahtinen, is Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research interest in China covers political and economic issues intertwined with history and culture. Her holistic and multidisciplinary approach arises from her education and work experience as the former Director of the Confucius Institute.

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