Brexit represents a backlash against globalization and runs in parallel with Donald Trump’s presidential election. Both of these signal the rise of the nation-state and the rejection of the neoliberal vision of globalization in which national sovereignty has been increasingly dissolved. The article argues that it also has fundamental implications for Asia. In particular, China as the world’s second largest economy is playing a bigger role in the region. Furthermore, with the rise of China, Asia’s global order has become relatively fragile and multilayered in the sense that all big powers, such as the US and Japan, have their relative positions in the region simultaneously. In this regard, it would be more realistic for Asian countries to base their integration on their national sovereignty in a pragmatic way that they can maintain flexibility to the changing order of the world.

I. Introduction
 II. Brexit’s Challenge to Globalization
  A. Globalization and the Decline of Nation-States
  B. Globalization in a Post-Brexit Era
 III. Brexit and the Rise of China:A Challenge to Globalization in Asia
  A. Rise of China and a Changing Global Order in Asia
  B. Globalization and Regional Security in Asia: Reflecting Brexit
 IV. Conclusion

• Shucheng Wang(Professor/Visiting Fellow at the City University of Hong Kong School of Law/Chutian Scholar Professorship at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)