作者簡介
　　National University of Singapore University Professor; Emeritus Professor of Australian National University and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong. He received his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. degree from the University of Malaya (Singapore), and his Ph.D. from the University of London (SOAS).  His books since 2000 include The Chinese Overseas: From Earthbound China to the Quest for Autonomy (2000); Anglo-Chinese Encounters since 1800: War, Trade, Science and Governance  (2003); 移民及興起的中國 (2005); 離鄉別土：境外看中華 (2007). He also edited Global History and Migrations (1997); Nation-building: Five Southeast Asian Histories (2005) and (with Zheng Yongnian) China and the New International Order (2008).

• Author’s Note(第vii頁)
• Preface(第ix頁)
• Chapter 1 China in World History(第1頁)
• Chapter 2 Another Kind of Nation(第29頁)
• Chapter 3 Sovereign Relationships are Not Absolute(第55頁)
Chapter 4 A Revolution is a New Mandate(第81頁)
Chapter 5 Modernity, the State and Civilization(第103頁)
Appendix: TianxiaPerspectives from Outside of China(第131頁)
Index(第153頁)