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Wu Chi-na
Associate researcher at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica (Taipei)

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Why Does the West Depict China In Its Own Image?
The images the West has portrayed of China are projections of the West's own history.
The State Formation of Modern China – Unity
In the article “On Domestic and International Politics of Traditional China”, we mentioned the traditional Chinese conception of “unification” – “mandate of heaven”. Of which, the “heaven” refers to the universal order and the state political order according to this universal order.
The State Formation of Modern China – Modernity
China’s traditional politics is an open system while western Europe’s traditional politics is composed of each of their own closed systems.
The State Formation of Modern China – Intro
The forms of countries and international relations in the contemporary world are basically modeled on those in western Europe. But we can’t conclude that the formation of such form is the result of historical trend or the necessity of history. The formation of international relations in modern western European has a long history.