Was there a pre-modern or early-modern "China model"?How unique is today's "China model"? -- Beyond Lu Xun : a critique of Chinese exceptionality, meritocracy and historicity as conceived in Wang Hui's thought -- Beyond Tianxia : Chinese historicity, meritocracy and exceptionality in Yan Xuetong's, Hu Angang's and Pan Wei's thought -- "Seoul searching" : the history, politics and prejudice behind the re-naming of the Korea's capital in Chinese -- Is my rival's rival a friend? : popular third-party perceptions of territorial disputes in East Asia.