Bücher der Reihe Routledge Contemporary China Series

The appearance of SARS in 2002 caused a world crisis, now four years on, SARS poses no threat and has vanished from the global media. This book provides new and profound insights into this mysterious illness, from the perspectives of global geography, media studies and popular culture.

With China's rise to the status of world power, trade and political links between Africa and China have been escalating at an astonishing rate. This book provides an assessment of relations between China and Africa, and discusses the historical evolution of Sino-African relations in the period since the 1949 revolution.

Mapping Media in China is the first book-length study that goes below the `national¿ scale to focus on the rich diversity of media in China from local, provincial and regional angles. This book explores the media as both a reflection of the diversity within China and as an active agent behind these growing differences. It will be invaluable to both students and scholars of Chinese and Asian studies, media and communication studies, geography, anthropology and cultural studies.

This book uses both systematic survey data analysis and case studies to portray and compare the emerging middle classes in four ethnic-Chinese societies (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and Urban China) and explores whether or not there are uniquely ethnic Chinese middle classes that can be constituted and found in these ethnic Chinese societies.

Provides an overview of how the China-Africa relationship has evolved over the years and examines whether it presents a different paradigm of 'development relations' in the international system. This book investigates what is particularly special about the development partnership between Africa and China.

Providing a comprehensive analysis of the critical aspects of the HIV/AIDS situation in China, this book links the epidemic issues of economic and social development.

Central Asia and Xinjiang - the far north-western province of China - are of increasing international importance. This book explores the effect of global and local dynamics across the region. It argues that these multiple challenges unite Xinjiang and Central Asia in a common struggle for identities and economic development.

Since 1993, China has been the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world and is now considered to be the world's third biggest economy. The editors examine the key areas, all of which are linked, where China is grappling with institutional reforms as it opens up to the outside world.

High profile contributors explore the challenges of self-determination from the perspective of China's enterprises in social and welfare changes.

Written by a team of contributors from a variety of disciplines, this book investigates the rise and subsequent decline of SARS in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan. It explores the epidemic from the perspectives of cultural geography, media studies and popular culture. It provides insights into what is still a highly topical issue.

This book looks at how NGOs, social organizations, business associations, trade unions, and religious associations interact with the state, and explore how social actors have negotiated the influence of the state at both national and local levels, and examines how a corporatist understanding of state-society relations can be reformulated, as old and new social stakeholders play a greater role in managing contemporary social issues. In turn, the book goes on to chart the differences in how the state behaves locally and centrally, and finally discusses the future direction of the corporatist state.

This book analyses the economic and policy relationships between China and Latin America. Key issues covered by the contributors include international trade and direct investment, intra-industry trade, pension reform and policy issues relating to small, medium and large enterprises.

Uses the case of intellectual property rights (IPR) to examine how and to what extent market forces and knowledge development affect the relationships of China and the world, especially the United States. This book gives an insight into the opportunities and challenges that China faces. It is suitable for those studying Chinese Business.

Presents a thematic examination of the development of cultural heritage management (CHM) in an Asian context. This book challenges assumptions of the primacy of community-sponsored action and heritage authority based on Western-derived ideals and practices that fit with democratic models for civil action.

This book examines the key areas, all of which are linked, where China is grappling with institutional reforms as it opens up to the outside world.

This book outlines the major social and political changes in the city of Macau during its first 20 years under the "One Country, Two Systems" arrangement with Mainland China.

This book unveils the risks and challenges embedded in China's spectacular economic success and demonstrates that effective handling of these challenges is vital for China to avoid falling into "middle-income trap".

This edited collection explores new developments in the burgeoning field of Chinese ecocinema, examining a variety of works from local productions to global market films, spanning the Maoist era to the present.

How do we understand the evolution of central-local relations in China during the reform period? This book addresses this question by focusing on eight separate issues in which the central-local relationship has been especially salient ¿ government finance, investment control, regional development, administrative zoning, implementation, culture, social welfare and international relations.

This is the first book in English to explain the social transformation of the Chinese family from the perspective of Chinese researchers. Presenting a comprehensive view of the Chinese family and how it has adapted during the process of modernization, it provides analysis of changes in family structures, functions and relationships.