Chinese Studies Books

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41. China and the European Union

    Edited by Lisheng Dong, Zhengxu Wang, Henk Dekker

    Series: China Policy Series

    The European Union is China’s largest trading partner, and Chinese views of the EU are of crucial importance in shaping how the relationship will develop in the future, especially as the new Chinese leadership takes power. This book presents the findings of an extensive research project into the...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
42. Religion in Contemporary China

    Revitalization and Innovation

    Edited by Adam Yuet Chau

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    Before the modernist transformations of the twentieth century, China had one of the richest and most diverse religious cultures in the world. The radical anti-traditionalist policies of both the Republican and Communist regimes as well as other socio-historical factors posed formidable challenges...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
43. Regional Disorder

    The South China Sea Disputes

    By Sarah Raine, Christian Le Mière

    Series: Adelphi series

    China’s rise casts a vast and uncertain shadow over the regional balance of power in the Asia Pacific, and nowhere is this clearer than in the South China Sea. The significance of the fraught territorial disputes in this potentially resource-rich sea extends far beyond the small groupings of...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
44. Rethinking Law and Development

    The Chinese experience

    Edited by Guanghua Yu

    This book is the result of the collective effort of some of the foremost experts and scholars of Chinese law, Asian law, and Chinese economics and carefully examines the relationship between law and China’s economic development. Serious inquiries and candid opinions of the contributors have made...

    Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
45. Mental Illness, Dementia and Family in China

    By Guy Ramsay

    Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series

    With rapid economic progress and increasing life expectancy in East Asian societies, more attention is being paid by their governments, the media and the academy to mental illness and dementia. While clinical research on mental illness and dementia in Chinese societies acknowledges the importance...

    Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
46. East Asia, Globalization and the New Economy

    By F. Gerard Adams

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    We are witnessing a transformation in the world economy as a result of the IT/e-business revolution. Modern logistics based on cheap communication and transportation are shifting the locus of production and the international division of labour between the West and the lower wage countries of East...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
47. Chinese Capitalism and the Modernist Vision

    By Satyananda Gabriel

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    In the past fifty years, the experience of the Chinese economy has continually challenged the assumptions of laissez-faire economics. It has sustained a strong growth rate, changed the structure of international economic relationships and has become critical to many multinational corporations. Now,...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
48. Globalization, Competition and Growth in China

    Edited by Jian Chen, Shujie Yao

    Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

    Presenting original work and new thinking on a wide range of important issues, the book explores the current state of globalization, competition and growth in China. China has produced an economic miracle since the late 1970s in its transition from a planned to a market economy. This...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
49. Foreign Policy Making in Taiwan

    From Principle to Pragmatism

    By Dennis V. Hickey

    Series: Politics in Asia

    Following President Chen Sui-bian’s victory in the controversial 2004 presidential election, this book examines the future direction of Taiwan’s foreign policy, focusing on the internal and external forces that influence and shape the countries foreign policy decisions today. The author suggests...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
50. Patron-Client Politics and Elections in Hong Kong

    By Bruce Kam-kwan Kwong

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    The study of patron-client politics is new to the study of Hong Kong political science. This book examines whether patron-client relations are critical to the electoral victory of candidates; how the political elites cultivate support from clients in order to obtain more votes during local...

    Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge