BISA 2026 Conference

China in world politics

TH04

4 Jun 2026, 15:00

1h 30m

Panel International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East & Asia Working Group

Description

This panel brings together different perspectives on China’s impact in world politics, from the circulation of British IR ideas in China, to the development of Marxist approaches in Chinese IR, to the political vocabulary Beijing employs in framing its relationship with Taiwan.

Subcontributions

• Struggle without Revolution? Chinese Marxism, the Western 'Other', and the Imagination of International Relations
• ‘Not Everything Was Done by the Americans’: The British Origins of International Relations in China from 1980s to 2000s
• Political Language as Power: Beijing’s Standardization of Taiwan-Related Terminology and the Limits of Its International Discourse Power