Human Values within China’s New-Age Benevolence

Ronald Colin Keith

Descripton

Henry Kissinger observed, “Everybody wants to be a China hawk.” China is a bull . China is a i German . China commits genocide. China disrupts the internatonal rules based order. esponding to such unin ormed generali aton on the nature o China s regime and its lack o human values, the Western Liberal emocracies have created their own China Problem b clinging to Cold War anachronism. he clash o values is not nearl as deep and e tensive as is o en claimed. urthermore, the contemporar public discourse on China needs a complete assessment o the values that have emerged in i inping s China. i is regarded as red like ao. i, however, has abandoned ao s view o class struggle and his noton o a rejuvenated China embraces traditonal core principles that ao bi erl condemned. “Ren”, or “benevolence”, or e ample, now in orms entwined domestc and oreign polic as moderate prosperity in all respects . Ren”, or benevolence is aligned with “common security” and “common development”. he ueston is whether this is a positve restoraton o traditonal values that will contribute to domestc development and internatonal peace, or restoratonist iddle Kingdom ism designed to assert Chinese values worldwide. his book s anal sis o Chinese values argues that the current interpretaton o the China hreat is predicated in a serious misunderstanding o Chinese values.

t is o en commented that China is the defning geopolitcal issues o our tme . his book is an especiall tmel contributon to the currentl limited public polic debate on China as a threat to Western values and the internatonal rules based s stem . Correcton is long overdue with re erence to speculatve assumptons that i inping s regime represents a return to ao s regime. “Socialism with Chinese characteristcs” has signifcantl moved on under i s leadership. H perbole about China has presumed the contnuaton o Chinese Cold War ideolog and has either lightl commented on, or ignored altogether the resurgence o core traditonal ideas in Chinese polic ormaton. his book provides detailed research o i inping hought and i inping iplomatc hought . t adopts a widel construed, but serious interdisciplinar , approach towards the China Problem , drawing on both the social sciences and humanites. his wide angled approach includes new sinolog in its recent review o translated China , s nthesi ing traditon and culture with the development o modern Chinese ideolog , politcs and polic ormaton. he book s signifcant topicalit is presented within an unconventonal approach and orma ed contents designed to reach out to the biggest circle o general and advanced, China interested readers in a tme o the great debate.

Author

Ronald Colin Keith completed his Ph at the School o riental and rican Studies. He retred as Pro essor o China Studies, in 20 7, rom Gri th Universit , athan Campus, risbane. Keith has published co published and edited 6 books relatng to China and sia. E ample ttles include Zhou Enlai’s Diplomacy; China’s Struggle for the Rule of Law; Law and Justce in China’s New Marketplace; New Crime in China: Public Order and Human Rights; China’s Supreme Court, Deng Xiaoping and China’s Foreign Policy. Keith also published co published 48 artcles in leading China, internatonal relatons, and politcal studies ournals including the ollowing sample ttles Chinese Politcs and the New Theory of the “Rule of Law” Legislatng Women and Children’s “Rights and Interests” in China; The “Falungong Problem”: Politcs and the Struggle for the Rule of Law in China, SARS in Chinese Politcs and Law; The Origins and Strategic Implicatons of China’s “Independent Foreign Policy”; The Post-Cold War Politcal Symmetry of Russo-Chinese Bilateralism: Strategic Ambiguity and the New Bush Administraton’s China Threat.

January 2023

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing Compan

Extent: 500pp

Type: onograph

Series: Series on Contemporar China

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: China Studies; Asian Politcs Societ sian Economies sian usiness anagement Social ssues

Human Securit

Keywords: Chinese alues under i inping he China hreat in nternatonal elatons East West Comparison o Human ustce and the ule o Law in China and the Western Liberal emocracies Chinese Politcs, Law, Culture and Societ Post Globali aton and Chinese esponse to oreign rade and nvestment

Comparison o the Supreme Courts o China, UK and US

Readership: cademics, polic makers, graduate and undergraduate students, pro essionals interested in China studies, Chinese politcs, Chinese governance, Chinese societ , Chinese histor , Chinese response to oreign trade and investment

• ntroductor ote

• List o llustratons

• agistrate a s “Justce” and the General Secretar s “Benevolence”

• a atches Concepts (Ge i) with US and UK Supreme Court udges

• Enter Centre Stage, Western Law Pro essors with “Bugles Blowing”

• he Giant Kangaroo Serves as the unning og o the US

• Part Corrupton and the “Supremacy of law”

• Sir Edward s enda raton on the “Rule of Law” vs. stopia

• he ankee mbassador e uses to “Call a Stag a Horse”

• magining China Polic that Supports Human alues