The themes in this book arise from the need to seek reasons for the uniqueness of China. The language, the governance system and the stupendous economic growth of China makes this uniqueness further interesting. This 'Chineseness' in everything that the Chinese do, has led to a search for the same ilk in China`s geopolitics too.

This book, therefore, employs an `inside-out` approach to examine China's geopolitics. To successfully address this issue as an outsider, the book searches for the roots of today`s China through its evolution of geospatial, human geographical, metaphysical and economic spheres.