"In an intellectual sense, the West is also a part of China." "For the West, China is no longer just the focus of experts on China issues, but is also becoming a reference that cannot be ignored for the development of their knowledge and thought." This book is an annual review of the Western intellectual community written by Professor Liu Qing from 2003 to 2019. It is dedicated to observing the West from an "internal perspective" and providing relevant background and clues for public discussions in today's China. Focusing on important ideological disputes, events and books, the author presents the ideological landscape of the Western world in the first two decades of the 20th century from the aspects of political development trends, ideologies and cultural fields. At the same time, the book also includes the author's important speeches and interviews, which provide an overall assessment of the dilemma and future of the global order, the current situation and mainstream trends of Western society, and explore the relationship between cosmopolitanism and identity politics.
