Fei Vincent Mo

This project explores how Chinese scholars of international relations theorize and present “what China is” and “China’s relations with others” through key political concepts: state, civilization, morality, and relationality. By analyzing two top academic journals, the study reveals how these concepts play a role in knowledge production and further shape China’s foreign policies towards others, especially Europe. This aligns with and contributes to IWM’s “The World in Pieces” program, which focuses on identity politics and transnational knowledge production and highlights the fluid, interconnected nature of modern international politics.