Part One
Theoretical and Methodological Issues
In Search of a Shared Planetary Order
Roger T． Ames
Towards Global Cooperation in Area Studies
Colin Mackerras
Comparing Cultures：Why and How
Jerusha McCormack
Can Interspeciality Be the Step to Interdisciplinarity？/Kiryl Rudy
Part Two
Experiences from Different Countries and Regions
The Development of Global Japan Studies (GJS) Programat the University of Tokyo：Reflecting Its 9 YearsShigeto Sonoda
Postgraduate Student as a Client and Collaborator ofPostgraduate Studies on China at the Jagiellonian Universityin Krakow
tukasz Gacek， Ewa Trojnar
Teaching and Researching European Studies in Romania
Eugen Strautiu
The Chinese Strategy of Multilateralism in Different Decades and Its Expression in Latin America
Monica Ahumada Figueroa
Irish Studies in China/Wang Zhanpeng
Part Three
Empirical Research and Case Studies
Challenges and Opportunities in China-Africa Cooperation
The Case of Tanzania/ Humphrey P．B．Moshi
The Buildling of a China-Cambodia Community with aShared Future/ Liu Yuhua
Recent Trends in China's OFDI in Latin America andthe Caribbean：Performance and Discussions
Enrique Dussel Peters
The Province of Buenos Aires and China：A StrategicTie /Lucas Villasenin
The Legacy of Xuanzang as Depicted in ChineseSociety， Art， Literature and Culture
Arun Kumar Yaday， Rita Aggarwal
Preliminary Analysis of the Results of German FederalElections/ Csaba Moldicz
Money as a Metaphor in Macedonian Culture/Simon Sazdov
Knowledge Sharing in Lesotho Cannabis Sector：Employee Perspcctives/ Regina M．Thetsane
Housing Policy， Negative Externality and GovernmentIntervention in Indonesia /Novi Paramita Dewi， Odam Asdi Artosa， Kuskridho
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