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'The current Cold War climate that sees China as a threat, and little else, makes it all the more important to understand China on its own terms. The book’s avoids simplistic accounts and presents important insights into Chinese visions of itself'

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Anthony Welch, Professor of Education, University of Sydney

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'For a China mired in the past, even by language, to imagine a utopia of a modern future took major reinventions of thought, expression and outlook. This extremely difficult process, unappreciated in the West but probably unparalleled in modern history, is superbly charted in this important collection'

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Stephen Chan OBE, Professor of World Politics, SOAS University of London

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'The debate about China's destination has been raging for nearly 200 years. This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the diverse possibilities in the evolution of China's identity'

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Professor Hugo de Burgh, Walt Disney Chair in Global Media and Communications, Tsinghua University