Bringing together leading scholars from Asia and the West, this book investigates how the dynamics of China's rise in world politics contributes to theory-building in International Relations (IR).
The book demonstrates how the complex and transformative nature of China's advancement is also a point of departure for theoretical innovation and reflection in IR more broadly. In doing so, the volume builds a strong case for a genuinely global and post-Western IR. It contends that 'non-Western' countries should not only be considered potential sources of knowledge production, but also original and legitimate focuses of IR theorizing in their own right.

Chengxin Pan is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Macau, China.
Emilian Kavalski is the inaugural NAWA Chair Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

Introduction The Rise of China and Its Challenges to International Relations Theory - Chengxin Pan and Emilian Kavalski
PART I: Theorizing China's Rise: Beyond Eurocentric Knowledge Production
1 Putting China in the World: From Universal Theory to Contextual Theorizing - John Agnew
2 Heart and Soul for World Politics: Advaita Monism and Daoist Trialectics in International Relations - L.H.M. Ling
3 What Can Guanxi International Relations Be About? - Emilian Kavalski
4 Friendly Rise? China, the West and the Ontology of Relations - Astrid H.M. Nordin and Graham M. Smith
5 Re-worlding the 'West' in Post-Western International Relations: The 'Theory Migrant' of Tianxia in the Anglosphere - Yih-Jye Hwang, Raoul Bunskoek and Chih-yu Shih
PART II Theorizing China's Rise: Critical Reflection on Mainstream Frameworks
6 China in the International Order: A Contributor or a Challenger? - Wang Jisi
7 China's Rise in English School Perspective - Barry Buzan
8 Deconstructing the Established Westphalian Architecture in Light of China's Rise - Hung- jen Wang
9 Sino-capitalism's Dialectical Processes and International Relations Theory - Christopher A. McNally
10 China's Rise as Holographic Transition: A Relational Challenge to International Relations' Newtonian Ontology - Chengxin Pan
Epilogue: Towards International Relations beyond Binaries - Emilian Kavalski and Chengxin Pan