1. Towards a Chinese theory of international relations evidenced in practice and policy 2. Chinese international relations theory of statecraft and party 3. Conceptualizing peace in China: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and their strategic thinking 4. Exploring illiberal practices in China's Belt and Road Initiative: Towards norms creation and democratic diffusion-proofing? 5. The discursive and affective dimensions of the 'China Dream' 6. Global 'civilization politics' with 'civilization value' 7. A new model of major power relations and sources of insecurity in the region: Third country perspectives 8. The divergence between Vietnamese Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Party 9. Confronting China's realpolitik approach in the South China Sea Dispute: The Philippines' changing grand strategies 10. Beijing's public diplomacy: From soft power to sharp power and the Australian experience 11. China's international relations theory and India 12. International relations theory in a post-Great Power world