China and the Liberal International Order: Did China`s Accession to WTO Shape Its Behavior?

Abstract

This paper aims to introduce how China perceives the liberal international order\r\nas it is for the time being, with a focus on “G-2” as an example. With reference to the\r\ndiscussion from the American academia, the author first introduces the current\r\nconception of the liberal international order. Second, this paper discusses the main\r\npoints of the G-x process provided by academia, especially on that of G-2, as part of\r\nthe architecture that assembly helps to preserve the current international order. Third,\r\nthis paper introduces China’s views on the G-2 proposal, with symbolic and material\r\nexplanations. China and the US views on future cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region\r\nwill be discussed, and Chinese discussions on the future of the Trans-Pacific Strategic\r\nEconomic Partnership Agreement (TPP) spearheaded by Brunei, Chile, New Zealand,\r\nSingapore, and now the United States and others, will be covered. China holds a\r\nrelatively suspicious view on what the US proposed to transform regional order in the\r\nAsia-Pacific. This is a case in point to demonstrate how China diverges even in\r\neconomic interests with the United States to make G-2 a mirage. This paper concludes\r\nwith the implications for future cooperation between the two giants.