-positivist analyses, contributions by area specialists and China watchers, and articles by Chinese IR scholars. These strands, however …) (Waever/Tickner 2009: 3) and "the periphery's revolt against ["Western"] IR" paradigms (ibid.), it is necessary to view China … metatheoretical debate about the possibility of non-"Western" IR. It argues that even though the IR debates in China are heavily …

The proliferation of social organizations in China has engendered a lively debate about how to conceptualize these … the formation of social networks according to their own self-image as members of a budding Chinese civil society. -- China …

citizens point to growing ethnic conflicts even in China. This paper addresses primarily five sources of conflict: collective … patterns) and suggests possible measures of conflict prevention and reduction of conflicts. Finally it argues that China may …