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71. Developing China

    Land, Politics and Social Conditions

    By George C.S. Lin

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    In the first systematic documentation of the pattern and processes of land development taking place in China in the last two decades George C.S Lin advocates a fresh and innovative approach that goes beyond the privatization debate to probe directly into the social and political origins of land...

    Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
72. China, Xinjiang and Central Asia

    History, Transition and Crossborder Interaction into the 21st Century

    Edited by Colin Mackerras, Michael Clarke

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    Central Asia and Xinjiang – the far north-western province of China – are of increasing international importance. The United States, having established military bases in Central Asia after September 2001, has now become a force in what was previously predominantly a Russian sphere of influence;...

    Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
73. Trade Unions in China

    The Challenge of Labour Unrest

    By Tim Pringle

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    The transition from a command economy to a capitalist market economy has entirely altered the industrial landscape in which Chinese trade unions have to operate. This book focuses on how the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is reforming under current conditions and demonstrates that...

    Published March 8th 2011 by Routledge
74. China Turns to Multilateralism

    Foreign Policy and Regional Security

    Edited by Guoguang Wu

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    China’s recent rapid economic growth has drawn global attention to its foreign policy, which increasingly has had an impact on world politics. In contrast with China’s long-standing preference for bilateralism or unilateralism in foreign policy, recent decades have seen changes in the PRC’s...

    Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
75. Xinjiang and China's Rise in Central Asia - A History

    By Michael E. Clarke

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    The recent conflict between indigenous Uyghurs and Han Chinese demonstrates that Xinjiang is a major trouble spot for China, with Uyghur demands for increased autonomy, and where Beijing’s policy is to more firmly integrate the province within China. This book provides an account of how China’s...

    Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge
76. China's Homeless Generation

    Voices from the veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s

    By Joshua Fan

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    China's Homeless Generation is a study of nearly two million Chinese who were displaced from home in Mainland China to the island of Taiwan. A result of the Chinese civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this massive migration began around 1948...

    Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
77. China's Higher Education Reform and Internationalisation

    Edited by Janette Ryan

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    Despite radical and fundamental reform of the Chinese higher education system, very little is known about this outside China. The past decade has seen radical reform of all levels of China’s education system as it attempts to meet changing economic and social needs and aspirations: this has...

    Published October 11th 2010 by Routledge
78. Law, Wealth and Power in China

    Commercial Law Reforms in Context

    Edited by John Garrick

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book examines the law reforms of contemporary China in light of the Party-state’s ideological transformation and the political economy that shapes these reforms. This involves analysing three interrelated domains: law reform, power and wealth. The contributors to this volume employ a variety...

    Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
79. Law, Policy, and Practice on China's Periphery

    Selective Adaptation and Institutional Capacity

    By Pitman B. Potter

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book examines the Chinese government’s policies and practices for relations with the Inner Periphery areas of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia, and the Outer Periphery areas of Hong Kong and Taiwan focusing on themes of political authority, socio-cultural relations, and economic development...

    Published September 1st 2010 by Routledge
80. State and Society Responses to Social Welfare Needs in China

    Serving the people

    Edited by Jonathan Schwartz, Shawn Shieh

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This volume examines the shifting role of the state and social organizations (e.g. NGOs) in providing social services in contemporary China. A series of case studies identifies a dynamic whereby the state increasingly withdraws from social service provision with social organizations taking up the...

    Published August 14th 2010 by Routledge