Bücher der Reihe China Policy Series

Offers a systemic analysis of the foreign policy of China. This title demonstrates how domestic factors have profoundly shaped China's foreign policy, from the late Mao's era to the reform era, presenting its argument through an analysis of major cases of Chinese foreign policy.

Since the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989 there has been increasing international pressure on China to improve its approach to human rights, whilst at the same time the Chinese government has itself realised that it needs to improve its approach, and has indeed done much to implement improvements. This book explores systematically the international engagement in human rights in China and assesses the impact of such foreign involvement. It looks at particular areas including criminal justice, labour, and religious freedom, considers the processes by which international pressure is brought to bear and the processes by which improvements are implemented in China, and concludes that, whilst China''s human rights record has improved more than many people realise, further improvements are still needed.

How will China develop under the new leadership of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang? This is a key question for both China and the wider world. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the key areas and issues within China, assessing how things are likely to develop under the new leadership. The book emphasises the great uncertainty surrounding the next phase of Chinäs development, highlighting deep social divisions over issues such as income disparity, rampant corruption and unequal opportunities, and arguing that the political purge of Bo Xilai has not been resolved, with many of the polices and rhetoric of the discredited Bo Xilai model continuing to exert a strong influence.

This book examines Chinese power, comparing China with other important world powers, and considering how this is likely to develop in the future. It identifies the foremost problems facing the Chinese state today, considers whether China is capable of overcoming these challenges, including whether communist rule can be sustained.

This book focuses concern on historical impacts in the Chinese political arena in order to re-appraise Zhao Ziyang's political legacies and their relevance to China's ongoing change.

Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have improved markedly in recent years, giving rise to the key question, How far can the current rapprochement go? This book focuses on how mainland China-Taiwan relations are likely to develop in future. It considers economic relations, including the many recent trade agreements, the political sphere, where there has been little progress, the impact of increasing personal, social contacts, and the role of international actors, especially the United States.

There is growing interest in social transformation in contemporary China, with much work published on the subject. This book is different from other books in that it presents an overview of the work of Chinese sociologists on how Chinese society is changing. It reports on a great deal of original research by leading, outstanding Chinese scholars, including extensive fieldwork and large-scale social change survey data, and covers comprehensively the full range of aspects of the subject. It assesses developments since the beginning of reform in China, and provides, overall, a comprehensive understanding of Chinäs social development and of the likely impact of future social changes on China.

Examines the development of the non-state sector and NGOs in China since the onset of reform in the late 1970s. This book explores the tension between the government's desire to keep the NGOs as "helping hands' rather than as autonomous, independent organizations, and their ability to perform these roles successfully.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of crisis management in China. It considers economic, political and military crises, and also natural disasters and public health problems. In each area it considers the nature of potential crises and their possible effects, and the degree to which China is prepared to cope with crises.

A major transformation of Chinese higher education has taken place. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a development strategy on such a scale. This book evaluates the prospects for Chinese and foreign HE providers, regulators and other stakeholders.

The 1989 pro-democracy movement in China constituted a huge challenge to the survival of the Chinese communist regime. This book assesses the impact of the movement, and of the ensuing repression on the political evolution of the People¿s Republic of China. It discusses how the events of 1989 are remembered and have affected Chinäs international relations and diplomacy; how human rights, law enforcement, policing, and liberal thought have developed over two decades.

Examines the role of institutions in China's large-scale economic, social and political transformation. This book argues that, although the importance of institutions in China's economic growth and social development is widely acknowledged, exactly how institutions affect changes in particular national and historical settings is less understood.

China's economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour, especially in export industries. However, there has been growing concern about wages and labour standards in China. This book examines how wages are bargained, fought over and determined in China, exploring how the pattern of labour conflict has changed over time.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is one of the largest and most powerful political organizations, and China's rapid rise has allowed CCP to extend its influence throughout the globe. This book explores the CCP transformation as a form of 'organizational emperor', and its ability to survive potential democracy.

Focusing on one of the most influential scholars writing on international relations, Wang Gungwu, this book explores the limitations of Western international relations approaches to China, and explains China's IR from a non-Western perspective, and demonstrates how the study of Chinese experiences can enrich the IR field.

Provides an analysis of the Chinese Communist Party's discourse in the post-Tiananmen period which emphasises stability, and which has been used by the Party to legitimate its authority.

Presents a comprehensive survey of China's local administration. This book considers different kinds of local government units and their administrative functions - ranging from the provinces, centrally-administered municipalities and autonomous regions to prefectures, counties, townships and urban districts.

Examines Chinese power, comparing China with other important world powers, and considering how this is likely to develop in the future. This book identifies the foremost problems facing the Chinese state, and considers whether China is capable of overcoming these challenges, including whether communist rule can be sustained.

Examines environmental activism in China. This book analyzes the nature, characteristics, strategies, organizational modes and influence of a Chinese environmental movement. It highlights the specificities of Chinese environmental activism along with a comparison to the environmental movement in Western Europe and North America.

China is the world's largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) exporter, having overtaken Japan and the European Union in 2003 and the US in 2004. This book examines how China has attained this leading position and presents an account of China's ICT development model with specific reference to the experiences of East Asian 'tigers'.

China is encountering social problems with the rise of mass discontent and public protest. Focusing on why social tensions have arisen despite economic prosperity and how the state is responding, this book presents data about various social challenges facing China, including, unemployment, the health care crisis, and the rise of religion.

Explores the historical development of China's political reform issues. This work is intended for students and researchers interested in the Chinese politics, Asian politics and political development in Asia.

As Chinese society becomes more open, and hopes rise that control by the Communist Party may become more relaxed, a great deal is expected from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the formation of civil society. This book discusses the position of NGOs within China.

In China, social development has fallen far behind economic development. This book looks at why this is the case, and poses the question of whether the conditions, structures and institutions that have locked China into unbalanced development are changing to pave the way for the next stage of development.