Vol. 1 No. 2 (2013)

The Journal of China and International Relations (JCIR) is a cutting-edge source of scholarship, information and analysis on the contemporary rise of China and its impact on the international system in an era of globalization and transnational capitalism. JCIR aims to make an important and significant contribution to the study of China’s rise to the status of a world power in connection with the profound changes in the international system it has brought about. It provides a forum for exploring how external factors helped shape China’s internal transformations and how China’s inner transformation contributed to reshaping the world. Interdisciplinary in scope, JCIR provides analyses of important China-centered political, economic, social and cultural topics.

JCIR is committed to publishing informed and insightful analyses from both Western and Chinese scholars worldwide and stimulating the scholarly debate on contemporary China in its new role in the current transnational era of international relations and international political economy. Special encouragement is given to those who want to develop China-oriented theories of international relations and international political economy. JCIR invites the submission of original articles on China and international relations in social sciences and humanities within the above mentioned range of disciplines. All articles are refereed for review acceptance. Book reviews are also invited.

JCIR) is a scholarly journal managed by the Research Center on Development and International Relations, Department of Politics and Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, Aalborg University. JCIR is included on the bibliometric authority list of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. The Journal is published online twice a year (May-June and November-December) with one issue in English and one issue in Chinese. The Chinese version is managed by the College of International Relations, Huaqiao University, China. JCIR adopts the online Open Journal System (OJS). Manuscript submission, reviewing and assessment as well as publication are carried out online. For detailed manuscript submission information and process including the manuscript style guideline, please refer to the Journal’s homepage: https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/jcir

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