“What is China? How can the Chinese experience be brought to bear on world modernities? In China in the World, Ban Wang compellingly explores the rise and development of modern China in ever-changing cross-cultural contexts. It is an overarching engagement with the issues of self-perception, cultural representation, and transnational communication through the mediums of literature, cinema, and political treatise.” — David Der-wei Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
“China in the World is an exceptional work in Chinese Studies. Ban Wang shifts focus to China’s place in the world and its imagination, presentation, and ideas for itself and the world. Wang’s wide vision, deep reading, and consistent conversation between history and reality shape the texture of this brilliant book.” — Wang Hui, author of China’s Twentieth Century: Revolution, Retreat, and the Road to Equality
"China in the World is an elegantly efficient volume. . . . I enjoyed reading the clearly articulated arguments and histories presented in China in the World, and I look forward to following the conversations it inspires." — Julia Keblinska, Modern Chinese Culture and Literature
“Aimed at using the past to understand the present, [China in the World] ends by pondering whether the combined legacies of tianxia and socialist internationalism will enable China to rule the world or sow global harmony. Anyone interested in similar questions will find this book inspiring and compelling. A must-read for Chinese studies. . . . Essential.” — G. Li, Choice
"China in the World: Culture, Politics, and World Vision is an inspiring and highly engaging work that explores the international outlooks of modern Chinese thoughts and culture. Reading a wide array of cultural texts ranging from political theory and fiction to cinema and theater, Ban Wang delineates the tension and interaction between nationalism and internationalism in China’s nation-building projects in the modern age." — Yucong Hao, Journal of Asian Studies