Tianxia, All Under Heaven

- What is the Chinese concept of Tianxia? Can be useful in the international system?
- Tianxia aimed to represent a civilised society governed by rituals, mutual benefit, and shared values, and it survives to this day in Chinese vision of international relations.
- Tianxia can thus provide an interesting lens to historic and contemporary Chinese foreign policy. The utility of the term has also faced some scrutiny and debate. Only time will reveal if the concept will inspire a new world order