Book Review: Made in Censorship: The Tiananmen Movement in Chinese Literature and Film by Thomas Chen

Abstract

dents of Chinese foreign policy and contemporary Chinese studies and related fields. Not only does Phua provide the history of how China has come to create its own political thought through examples such as tianxia (天下, literally ‘all under heaven’), but he also includes examples of how this can be interpreted and used in current international affairs. The chapters of this book are well organized, beginning with examples first, followed by explanations that are useful for practical theorists and policymakers. Phua then brings in his perspectives of understanding China on a cultural level. The author is to be commended for offering a possible positive solution for arguably the world’s greatest threat in present international relations. More importantly, Phua does this in a manner that is comprehensible and accessible to Western political and international scholars. The main aim of Phua’s book is to understand the importance of culture in world international relations and the need to see ‘China as China’.