About the author

Wang Yizhou is a scholar-author in the field of Chinese international relations studies. The available library data offer only limited public information about his personal biography and nationality, yet his body of work follows a clear line. His writings center on the transformation and orientation of Chinese diplomacy, using "creative involvement" as a core concept to explore how China can take a more proactive role in international affairs. Renzhi Daguo may be read as a more accessible outline of this approach, while titles such as International Public Goods and A Guide to Classics in Global Politics and International Relations show a scope that includes global governance, disciplinary textbooks, and close reading of canonical texts. His works also address area studies and the history of Chinese international relations research, reflecting an approach that combines theoretical reflection with discipline building. Overall, his writing speaks to both specialists and general readers concerned with foreign affairs, offering conceptual clarity and scholarly discussion, and is suitable as introductory and advanced reading for understanding contemporary Chinese diplomatic discourse.

Written (8)

Creative Involvement: The Transformation of China's Diplomacy cover
Rating 4.2
Creative Involvement: The Transformation of China's Diplomacy 王逸舟 Peking University Press · 2025 The book explores the theme of China's diplomatic transformation, which is intrinsically linked to the new posture of "creative involvement" in Chines…
A Benevolent and Wise Great Power: An Outline of "Creative Involvement" cover
Rating 4.1
A Benevolent and Wise Great Power: An Outline of "Creative Involvement" 王逸舟 Peking University Press · 2025 "Creative Involvement" is a direction for China's diplomacy proposed in recent years by the well-known international relations scholar Wang Yizhou. Th…
Creative Involvement: A New Orientation for China's Diplomacy cover
Rating 4.0
Creative Involvement: A New Orientation for China's Diplomacy 王逸舟 Peking University Press · 2025 As the second decade of the new century began, China had moved far beyond an era of war and revolution, standing on the global high ground as a respon…
International Public Goods: China and the World in Transformation cover
Rating 3.9
International Public Goods: China and the World in Transformation 王逸舟 Peking University Press · 2025 This is a collection of academic papers from the Seventh National Doctoral Academic Forum on International Relations and International Politics, held …
Classic Readings in Global Politics and International Relations (21st Century International Relations Textbook Series) cover
Rating 3.8
Classic Readings in Global Politics and International Relations (21st Century International Relations Textbook Series) 王逸舟 Peking University Press · 2025 This book compiles classic articles and excerpts on global politics and international relations. It is divided into three parts: progress in global po…
China's International Relations Studies (1995–2005) cover
Rating 3.8
China's International Relations Studies (1995–2005) 王逸舟 Peking University Press · 2025 This is a comprehensive introduction to the growth and current state of international relations studies in China since the end of the Cold War. In a l…
Area Studies: History, Theory and Methods cover
Rating 4.0
Area Studies: History, Theory and Methods 王逸舟 / 张小明 / 赵梅 / 庄俊举 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2022 This book is a collection of interview records composed of a series of exclusive interviews from the editorial department of the journal International…
The Allure of International Relations cover
Rating 3.9
The Allure of International Relations 王逸舟 / 严展宇 Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2021 This intellectual dialogue began in the summer of 2019, coinciding with the hundredth birthday of International Relations as a discipline. Yet the flo…

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Shanghai People's Publishing HousePeking University Press