Dedication Acknowledgements Preface Tables and Figures Abbreviations PART I Introduction Ideological Assumptions PART II: THE BASES Power: the Centrepiece Marxism: Political Legitimacy Culture: Historical Legacies Modernisation: Development Requirements PART III: CHINESE PERSPECTIVES Units of Analysis: State Levels of Analysis: Inter-state Level Interactions: Contradictions PART IV: CONCLUSION Towards an IR Theory with Chinese Characteristics Problems...