This book intends to make sense of how Chinese leaders perceive China's rise in the world
through the eyes of China's international relations (IR) scholars. Drawing on a unique
four-year opinion survey of these scholars at the annual conference of the Chinese Community of
Political Science and International Studies (CCPSIS) in Beijing from 2014-2017 the authors
examine Chinese IR scholars' perceptions of and views on key issues related to China's power
its relationship with the United States and other major countries and China's position in the
international system and track their changes over time. Furthermore the authors complement the
surveys with a textual analysis of the academic publications in China's top five IR journals.
By comparing and contrasting the opinion surveys and textual analyses this book sheds new
light on how Chinese IR scholars view the world as well as how they might influence China's
foreign policy.
