Producing China in Southeast Asia

Chih-yu Shih teaches civilizational politics, international relations and anthropology of knowledge in the Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University. His recent publications include Sinology in Post-Communist States: Views from the Czech Republic, Mongolia, Poland, and Russia (2016); Understanding 21st Century China in Buddhist Asia: History, Modernity, and International Relations (2016); Post-Western International Reconsidered:  The Premodern Politics of Gongsun Long (2015); Harmonious Intervention: China’s Quest for Relational Security (2014), Sinicizing International Relations: Self, Civilization and Intellectual Politics in Subaltern East Asia (2013), On China By India: From Civilization to Nation State (2012), and Civilization, Nation, and Modernity in East Asia (2012). He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Asian Ethnicity.

• Part I: Perspectives.- 1: Introduction: China and Chinese Migrant Scholarship.- 2: Pursuing Chinese Studies Amidst the Identity Politics in Malaysia.- 3: A Local History of Vietnamese Sinology in Early 20th Century Annam.- 4: Understanding Chinese Economy Accurately—John Wong and His China Research.- 5: Two Intellectual Paths That Cross the Borders: Nguyen Huy Quy, Phan Van Coc, and Humanities in Vietnam’s Chinese Studies.- Part II: Interviews.- 6: A Participating Ethnologist: Interview with Professor Tan Chee-Beng.- 7: A Witness to History: Interview with Professor Yen Ching Hwang.- 8: A Synthetic Observer: Interview with Professor John Wong.- 9: An Interrogator of Identity: Interview with Professor Leo Suryadinata.- 10: The Founder of a Discipline: A Project Note on the Intellectual Growth of Professor Nguyen Huy Quy.- 11: A Self-learner of Poetry: A Project Note on the Intellectual Growth of Professor Phan Van Coc.