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Food safety and the role of the government: Implications for CSR policies in China (with Xiaohua Yang and Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), iBusiness (2009)

This study investigates food scandals and the role of government in corporate social responsibility (CSR)...

 

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China and outer space, Ashgate research companion on Chinese foreign policy (2012)

China’s space program began in the 1950s as part of its nuclear weapons program. Today...

 

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International relations theory and Chinese philosophy, Chinese engagements: Regional issues with global implications (2011)

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Insights drawn from a comparison between International Relations theory and Chinese philosophy provide a timely...

 

Harmony and humane governance - Contesting the social order in classical Chinese thought and 21st century global society (with R. James Ferguson), International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Inter-Congress: "From the crossroads of civilizations: Understanding cultural diversity to connect societies (2010)

When China’s President Hu Jintao articulated his country’s ‘harmonious world’ (hexie shijie) foreign policy perspective...

 

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Global governance: New organizational concepts in a culturally diverse system, Journal of Global Business Administration (2010)

This paper argues that as the West re-balances with the East in 21st century global...

 

The PRC’s governance diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region, International governance, regimes, and globalization: Case studies from Beijing and Taipei (2010)

China’s multilateralist behavior – or governance diplomacy in the pursuit of cooperative regionalism - will...

 

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Hong Kong: A blessing of contradictions, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2009)
 

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China’s harmonious world (hexie shijie) policy perspective: How Confucian values are entering international society, Invited paper presented at the 2560th anniversary conference and the fourth congress of International Confucian Association (ICA): The current mission of Confucianism (2009)

Confucian values have been introduced into international society through China’s adoption of a harmonious world...

 

The relationship between regional governance and global economic security: A focus on the Asia-Pacific region, The Asia Pacific region: Contemporary trends and challenges. Proceedings of the second international conference on international studies (ICIS) 2008 (2009)

The global financial crisis of 2008 has highlighted the potentially crucial relationship between regional governance...

 

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Mandalic regionalism in Asia: exploring the relationship between regional governance and economic security, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2008)

The 2008 global financial crisis highlighted the potentially crucial relationship between regional governance and global...

 

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Sino-Turkish relations in a globalising Asia-Pacific (with Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), Globalisation and Development Centre (2008)

Relations between China and Turkey are quiescent. In a globalizing Asia-Pacific, however, they are unlikely...

 

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Institutions and gender empowerment in Greece, Institutions and gender empowerment in the global economy (2008)

Since women account for almost 50 percent of the world's population, the sustainability of development...

 

Turkey’s FDI policy and Chinese direct foreign investment in Turkey: Some economic and management implications (with Fang Lee Cooke and Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)

The Republic of Turkey and the People’s Republic of China are two countries with emerging...

 

International relations and geopolitics., Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)

The production of knowledge has become central to economic life. Competitiveness in the 21st century...

 

Turkey and China: a study in symmetry (with Nadir Kemal Yilmaz), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2008)

How symmetrical are Turkey and China despite the obvious differences in size and resources? And...

 

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Sino-Indonesian relations: Lessons from the past, Readings in world development: Growth, development and poverty alleviation in the Asia-Pacific (2007)

In terms of both population and territory, Indonesia and China are the largest nations in...

 

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Barcelona's Casa Asia, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2005)

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Casa Asia - or Asia House - is a remarkable institution of East-West relations....

 

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China's space program: A strategic and political analysis, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2005)

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China has taken its place at the forefront of spacefaring nations: it joins only...

 

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Governance in 21st century China: What would Confucius say?, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2005)

Contradictions between China’s external economic dynamism and its internal wealth gap, between its multipolar and...

 

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Burmese and Thai esoterica: From the golden pagoda of Shwedagon to the sacred sites of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2005)

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There are few cities in the world whose skyline is still dominated by religious...

 

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The rise of China as a global power, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2005)

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China provides an alternative to the US modernisation model based on liberal democracy by...

 

A Confucian paradigm for global politics, Toward a global community : New perspectives on Confucian humanism (2004)

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With globalisation integrating the world as never before, the ideal of "all under...

 

International Confucian conference in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of Confucius' birthday: Toward a global community (with R. James Ferguson and Martin Lu), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2004)

Selected essays presented at the International Confucian conference in commemoration of the 2550th anniversary of...

 

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Missing mandalas: Development and theoretical gaps, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2004)

The mandala is a fitting metaphor to act as a model for a more balanced...

 

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China and India: New Mandalas of Power in 21st Century Geopolitics, Essays on Development Issues: India and The Indian Ocean Region (2003)

China and India - Asia’s two great civilisational states - are also the world’s most...

 

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Cultural and Political Contexts for the Future of World Trade, The WTO and the Doha Round: The Changing Face of World (2003)

[Introduction] It is no revelation to suggest that the cultural and political contours of the...

 

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Mandala: from sacred origins to sovereign affairs in traditional Southeast Asia, CEWCES Research Papers (2003)

This paper examines 'mandala' as a tradition of knowledge in Southeast Asia. It marries two...

 

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Strategic powers in a post-September 11, post-American world: The European Union and China (with Heather Field), CEWCES Research Papers (2002)

[extract] In terms of the three traditional dimensions of power - political, economic and military...

 

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The future of development and development of the future, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2002)

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Excerpt from an opening speech by Rosita Dellios at the 'Development and Future Studies'...

 

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China and the European Union: Potential Beneficiaries of Bush’s Global Coalition (with Heather Field), Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2002)

[Extract] China and the European Union may be expected to emerge as global power beneficiaries...

 

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Cultural Heat in Yunnan, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2001)

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‘Economic Globalisation and Pluralistic Development of National Cultures’ was the theme of an international...

 

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Daoist perspectives on Chinese and global environmental management, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2001)

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The Yin Yang doctrine is very simple but its influence has been extensive. No...

 

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Economic globalisation and the 'Mandate of Heaven', Humanities & Social Sciences papers (2001)

Economic globalisation provides a fitting context for China’s modernisation and pluralistic development. This, in turn,...

 

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Globalisation and the mandala: Software for the millennium, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (2000)

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Historians of the future will no doubt look back on the third millennium of...

 

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China-United States relations: The new superpower politics, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1999)

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Two events in 1999 dramatise a clear potential for the People's Republic of China...

 

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Qufu: A civilisation centre of Northern China, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1999)

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At first glance - both on the map and upon arrival - Qufu is...

 

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One culture two systems: a cultural approach to Inter-Chinese politics (with Martin Lu), Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1998)

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In this article we seek to step beyond the problematic notion of "One China",...

 

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Global politics with Chinese characteristics, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1997)

Physical China, demographically and environmentally, would be a significant stakeholder in 21st century global management....

 

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"How may the world be at peace?": Idealism as realism in Chinese strategic culture, Culture and Foreign Policy (1997)

There is a famous orientalism which declares: "Let the Chinese dragon sleep for when she...

 

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Mandalas of security, Globalisation and Regional Communities: Geoeconomic, Sociocultural and Security Implications for Australia (1997)

In employing the constructional metaphor of 'architectures' for the constructive purpose of security enhancement in...

 

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Mandalas of Security, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1996)

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In employing the constructional metaphor of architectures for the constructive purpose of security enhancement...

 

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Mandala-building in international relations as a paradigm for peace, Humanities & Social Sciences papers (1996)

This paper proposes a mandala conception of security in the international quest for peace. It...

 

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Foreign policy directions in the post-Deng era, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1995)

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Explaining international relations today from a Chinese philosophical perspective, one might use such characterisations...

 

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India looks East and China looks everywhere, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1995)

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Asia's two great civilisations, India and China, have been the subject of contemporary scrutiny...

 

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Chinese strategic culture: Part 2 – Virtue and power, CEWCES Research Papers (1994)

When the world's most populous nation, commanding ample resources and a booming economy, begins to...

 

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The state as a work of art, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1994)

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Unlike Renaissance Europe, when human character, state forms, and international institutions were recognized as...

 

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Trading ideas on the Mekong, Culture Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies (1994)

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The- Mekong is international as well as transnational in character: it forms a political...

 

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Chinese strategic culture: Part 1 - The heritage from the past, CEWCES Research Papers (1994)

This paper investigates contemporary Chinese defence thinking from the point of view of its strategic...