This author-meets-readers discussion centers Shuchen Xiang's synopsis of her recent book ChineseCosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea (2023a), which argues againstassumptions that European global colonization and racial atrocities were consequences of humannature. Sungmoon Kim, Bryan W. Van Norden and Don J. Wyatt engage with Xiang about her thesisthat historical China upheld a worldview that underscored cross-cultural exchange, mutual flourishing, andgrowth through cultural encounter. This worldview did not drive it to colonize the world. In contrast, itsEuropean counterpart fought difference and therefore sought to conquer the world.
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