1. Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on Modern Chinese Nationalism -- 2. Staging the World -- 3. Deterritorializing Politics: The Pacific and Hawaii as Chinese National Space -- 4. Recognizing Colonialism: The Philippines and Revolution -- 5. Promoting the Ethnos: The Boer War and Discourses of the People -- 6. Performing on the World Stage in Asia -- 7. Re-creating China's World