Reconstruindo o tianxia: a China e a elaboração de sua própria teoria das relações internacionais

Abstract

This paper tries to understand the contemporary process of developing a Chinese theory of International Relations. To understand it, we seek first to comprehend China’s growing policy of in the international system, as well as the understanding of what are the theories of International Relations - key steps to approach the Chinese development of it’s own theory for analysis, interpretation and projection of International Relations. China, given its notability and influence in the interconnected international scene, especially after its economic liberalization under the auspices of the government of Deng Xiaoping about three decades ago, one sees a period of regional leadership and prominence among the accession countries. This growing role on the world system emerges, in turn, the intensification of Chinese academic productions for International Relations, such as the elaboration of it’s own theory of International Relations. Still under construction, this theory seeks and reconstructs concepts of classical Chinese culture, such as Tianxia as a tool for interpreting the international scene and especially to idealize it to a chinese template, thus seeking greater adaptability and harmony in relation to a new world order more inclusive about international actors, congregating on concerns for humanity and longing for an overall more harmonious and less status focused system