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This book offers a theoretically informed study of recent Chinese initiatives to provide forms of regional economic governance; or as it is often termed in Chinese discourses, regional "public goods". It does so by considering the evolution of Chinese thinking on international relations and the global order, and by considering how the development of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the putative Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership reflect this change in thinking - and the change in both Chinese objectives and tactics.

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Chapter 1: China in regional and global governance and "order transition" in Asia.
1. Order transitions and primary institutions. A theoretical framework. 2. Great power management. 3. Geography and spatial definition of the region. 4. Sovereignty. 5. State Capitalism, contesting the market as a primary institution.
Chapter 2: The origin of China´s ideational narratives
1. Introduction 2. Post-colonial nationalism and neo-Confucianism 3. A Dream for China 4. A New Type of International Relations 5. A New Model of Global Governance 6. Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 1. Introduction 2. AIIB, the regional order and global governance 3. The Chinese narrative: AIIB as a new type of international institution 4. Structures and operating rules 5. AIIB, sovereignty and state capitalism 6. Conclusion
Chapter 4 The Belt and Road Initiative 1. The Chinese Narrative and the BRI 2. Belt and Road, State Capitalism and China´s economic interests. 3. Belt and Road, geopolitics and the regional order. 4. Few bumps ahead on the Belt and Road. 5. Conclusion
Chapter 5: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 1. The Origin and the changing purpose of the RCEP. 2. Economic Integration and the Chinese Narrative 3. The content of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 4. SOEs, Market And State Capitalism. 5. Conclusion.
Chapter 6: Conclusion

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Matteo Dian is a Research Fellow at the School of Political Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Silvia Menegazzi is Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer in International Relations at the Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli, Italy.

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