Bücher der Reihe Routledge Contemporary China Series

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".

Takes a critical look at how sex in China is thought and talked about. Including material on transsexuals, fetishism, sex aids and pornography, this book shows that the dominant ways of thinking about sex are neither innocent nor inconsequential, and that people are making decisions about how to live their sexual lives.

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.

This volume showcases a vibrant wave of scholarship that explores the intersection of queer theory and Sinophone studies, consolidating an interdisciplinary framework for furthering transnational research into non-conforming genders, sexualities and bodies.

Explores the relationship between tourism, culture and ethnic identity in Tibet in, focusing in particular on Shangrila, a Tibetan region in Southwest China, to show how local 'Tibetan culture' is reconstructed as a marketable commodity for tourists. This book analyses the socio-economic effects of Shangrila tourism in Tibet.

Explores the processes through which the people of Hong Kong are "learning to belong to a nation" by examining their relationship with the Chinese nation and state. This book considers the complex meanings of and debates over national identity in Hong Kong and is aimed at students and scholars of Chinese history, cultural studies, and nationalism.

Examining trends such as reliance on religious charities originating from outside the PRC, the revival of local governance in urban settings, the passing of legislation for workers, or the multiplication of environmental non-governmental organizations, this book tackles the question of whether the Chinese government can overcome these challenges.

Examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of China's rise and globalization after the cold war. This book introduces institutional realism - to explain the institutionalization of world politics in the Asia-Pacific. It is suitable for students of Asian security.

Considers interplay of popular and canonical literature in modern China. This book presents investigations into the cultural industries and contexts that produce the canonical and popular, and the position of contemporary popular works at the interstices of nostalgia and amnesia. It is suitable for students of Chinese literature and culture.

Explores relations between the US and China, focusing in particular on China policymaking in the US Congress. This book is based on an analysis of China bills introduced in Congress over three decades. It provides analysis of how Congressional policymaking works in practice, and explores the controversial issues in US-China relations.

Analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century. This book is useful to students and scholars of Chinese history, gender studies, women's studies as well as an interest in the history of education.

Using in-depth case studies of a wide-range of political, social and economic reforms in contemporary China this volume sheds light on the significance and consequences of institutional change for stability of the political system in China.

China's need for energy has become a driving factor in contemporary world politics and a precondition for sustaining China's continuing high economic growth. This book argues that a US presence in Central Asia is necessary for securing the energy provision of China from the region.

Examines the Portuguese legacy and the transition from the Portuguese administration to the legitimacy-building efforts of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) government. This book includes discussion of the governing philosophy of the Chief Executive Edmund Ho and the dynamic economic development resulting from this.

Based on research, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the status of state enterprise reform in China. It considers the relationship between public ownership and public enterprises, and the historical evolution of China's economic reform programme since 1978.

China's market-oriented economic reform and industrial restructuring, while greatly improving efficiency, have also sharply reduced overstaffing. Looking at Chinese economy, this work discusses issues related to the unemployment problem in China, examines problems of particular cities, and appraises the government response.

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.