This paper aims to introduce how China perceives the liberal international order
as it is for the time being, with a focus on “G-2” as an example. With reference to the
discussion from the American academia, the author first introduces the current
conception of the liberal international order. Second, this paper discusses the main
points of the G-x process provided by academia, especially on that of G-2, as part of
the architecture that assembly helps to preserve the current international order. Third,
this paper introduces China’s views on the G-2 proposal, with symbolic and material
explanations. China and the US views on future cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region
will be discussed, and Chinese discussions on the future of the Trans-Pacific Strategic
Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) spearheaded by Brunei, Chile, New Zealand,
Singapore, and now the United States and others, will be covered. China holds a
relatively suspicious view on what the US proposed to transform regional order in the
Asia-Pacific. This is a case in point to demonstrate how China diverges even in
economic interests with the United States to make G-2 a mirage. This paper concludes
with the implications for future cooperation between the two giants.
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The Annual Conference of American Political Science Association, APSA