This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.ampampnbspRethinking the ways global history is envisioned and conceptualized in diverse countries such as China Japan Mexico or Spain this collections considers how global issues are connected with our local and national communities. It examines how the discipline had evolved in various historiographies from Anglo Saxon to southern European and its emergence in Asia with the rapid development of the Chinese economy motivation to legitimate the current uniqueness of the history and economy of the nation. It contributes to the revitalization of the field of global history in Chinese historiography which have been dominated by national narratives and promotes a debate to open new venues in which important features such as scholarly mobility diversity and internationalization are firmly rooted putting aside national specificities.