Major Works: Chinese Studies

New and Published Books – Page 1

1. China Turned On

   Television, Reform and Resistance

   By James Lull

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   The years following the Cultural Revolution saw the arrival of television as part of China’s effort to ‘modernize’ and open up to the West. Endorsed by the Deng Xiaoping regime as a ‘bridge’ between government and the people, television became at once the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
2. Chinese Cinema

   Edited by Chris Berry

   Series: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

   Chinese cinema is the only non-English language cinema to have a significant global presence. From multiplex blockbusters like Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to festival hits such as Jia Zhangke’s Still Life, Chinese cinema succeeds like no other foreign-language cinema. The...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
3. China and Globalization

   Edited by Linda Yueh

   Series: Critical Concepts in Economics

   How China continues its integration with the global economy is one of today’s crucial questions, both for China’s own growth prospects and for the rest of the world contending with the still numerous developmental challenges of the world’s second-largest economy. In the first thirty years after it...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. Law and Institutions of Modern China

   Edited by Sanzhu Zhu

   Series: Critical Concepts in Law

   In the past three decades, the Chinese legal system has undergone a substantial transformation, reflecting the economic, social, culture, administrative, and political changes taking place in China. Compared with the situation in the early 1950s when the newly established People’s Republic of China...

   Published June 16th 2011 by Routledge
5. Sino-Japanese Relations

   History, Politics, Economy, Security

   Edited by Caroline Rose

   Series: Critical Concepts in Asian Studies

   Academic and popular interest in China and Japan, the two major powers in East Asia, has risen dramatically in the last decade. While on the one hand their relationship has benefited from high levels of two-way trade and investment underscoring their growing economic interdependence, political...

   Published June 7th 2011 by Routledge
6. Economic Reform in Modern China

   Edited by Wei Zhang

   Series: Critical Concepts in Economics

   It is more than three decades since China initiated its economic reform and open-door policies. During that period, China has successfully transformed itself from an inefficient centrally-planned economy to a fast-growing market-orientated economy. To the rest of the world, China has emerged from...

   Published May 26th 2011 by Routledge
7. Ethnic Minorities in Modern China

   Edited by Colin Mackerras

   Series: Critical Concepts in Asian Studies

   China is the world’s most populous country with fifty-five state-recognized ethnic minorities: approximately 123 million people, taking up over 60 per cent of China’s territory. And, while China’s dizzying growth has made it a major world force, both economically and strategically, one of the chief...

   Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge
8. Confucian Studies

   Edited by Xinzhong Yao, Tu Weiming

   Series: Critical Concepts in Asian Philosophy

   It is difficult, if not totally impossible, to define what we call ‘Confucianism’ in terms of any of the disciplines we are used to in the West, and contemporary scholars tend to see it as a historical and yet living tradition containing elements of philosophy, religion, politics, morality, and...

   Published August 3rd 2010 by Routledge
9. China's International Relations in Asia

   Edited by Li Mingjiang

   Series: Critical Issues in Modern Politics

   The startling growth of China’s economic and military power, as well as its cultural influence, is having a huge impact on the rest of the world. The key region to observe this impact is, of course, Asia and the past decade has witnessed significant and multi-faceted changes in China’s policy...

   Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge
10. Politics of Modern China

    Edited by Yongnian Zheng, Yiyi Lu, Lynn T. White III

    Series: Critical Issues in Modern Politics

    After nearly three decades of rapid economic development, China is now a major power whose actions can significantly affect other countries, from America to Zimbabwe. As a result, China Studies has grown exponentially. In particular, there is a growing interest in studies of Chinese politics, not...

    Published September 28th 2009 by Routledge