China's grand strategy: contradictory foreign policy?

References; Chapter 6: Military Case Studies; The Declaration of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone; Course of Events; Relating the Case to Honor and Legitimacy; Convergence with or Divergence from the PD Grand Strategy; Alternative Explanations; Summary; Chinaâ#x80;#x99;s Space Program; Course of Events; Relating the Case to Honor and Legitimacy; Convergence with or Divergence from the PD Grand Strategy; Alternative Explanations; Summary; The Continued Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Missions; Course of Events

Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Acronyms; List of Figures; List of Tables; Note on Chinese Names and Terms; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Recent Debate on Chinaâ#x80;#x99;s Grand Strategy; Methodology and Chapter Framework; References; Chapter 2: The Tributary System and the â#x80;#x98;Century of Humiliationâ#x80;#x99;; Historical Roots: Honor, Legitimacy, and the Tributary System; Revitalizing the Honor-Based Logic of Regional Order: An Explanation for Current Chinese Great-­Power Assertiveness

The Century of Humiliation and the Destruction of the Honor-Based Regional Order by Western International SocietySummary; References; Chapter 3: Chinaâ#x80;#x99;s Peaceful Development Grand Strategy; The Concept of Grand Strategy; Defining â#x80;#x98;Internal Incoherenceâ#x80;#x99;; Defining Peaceful Development as Chinaâ#x80;#x99;s Grand Strategy2; Theoretical Framework: Culturalizing Grand Strategy; Core Argument: Honor in International Relations Equals Legitimacy for China; References; Chapter 4: Diplomatic Case Studies; The Retreat from the Non-interference in Internal Affairs Paradigm; Course of Events

Relating the Case to Honor and Leg…