China Perspectives
About the Book Series
The China Perspectives series focuses on publishing original and translated works by leading Chinese scholars, writing about both global topics and China-related themes. It represents the complete portfolio of Taylor & Francis Books in China, which covers Humanities & Social Sciences, Education, Mental Health and Psychology, Science and Technology, Engineering, as well as many interdisciplinary themes.
This is the first time that any of these books have been published or translated into English for international readers. The series aims to put forward a Chinese perspective, give insights into cutting-edge academic thinking in China, and inspire researchers globally.
To submit proposals, please contact the Taylor & Francis Publisher for China Publishing Programme, Lian Sun ([email protected])
Industrial Geography in Contemporary China
1st Edition
By Canfei He
January 29, 2024
This title provides an overall view of industrial geography in the context of contemporary China and investigates the development processes, research paradigms, and achievements of China’s industrial geography, with a particular focus on the post- reform period. The first two chapters introduce the...
Internet Regulation and the International Trade Regime
1st Edition
By Sun Nanxiang
January 29, 2024
In the age of information, an open Internet is a key component for modern economic development. This book analyses the World Trade Organization Agreement for virtual society and explores key questions regarding internet regulation and trade barriers. Information and communication technology has ...
Metadiscursive Nouns: Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing
1st Edition
By Feng (Kevin) Jiang
January 29, 2024
Based on a 1.7-million-word corpus of 160 research articles from both soft and hard knowledge fields, this book sets out to explore how a particular type of noun – namely, the metadiscursive noun – is rhetorically used to mediate writer-reader interaction in disciplinary writing. Analysts of ...
Political Economy in the Evolution of China's Urban–Rural Economic Relations
1st Edition
By Fan Gao
January 29, 2024
This book investigates the trajectory and evolutionary mechanisms of China’s urban–rural economic relationships, seeking to explore how a developing socialist country can attain sustainable development and common prosperity. Grounded in a deep literature review and a practical analysis of ...
Politics of Democratic Breakdown
1st Edition
By Gangsheng Bao
January 29, 2024
Democratic breakdown as a political and historic event can impact the fate of millions, if not hundreds of millions of people, by changing the political complexion of a country. This book attempts to systematically explain why democracies collapse.The author's main theoretical argument is based on ...
Population and Labour Market Policies in China’s Reform Process
1st Edition
By Sun Wenkai
January 29, 2024
This book investigates the population and labour management reforms implemented since the reform and opening up of China in the early 1980s, giving insights into the economic and social implications of these reforms and future prospects for population governance. The study examines three major ...
The History of Chinese Presence in Nigeria (1950s–2010s): Factories, Commodities, and Entrepreneurs
1st Edition
By Shaonan Liu
January 29, 2024
As the first book-length work on the history of Chinese presence in Nigeria, this book examines how Chinese migrants and the Nigerian state, workers, traders, and consumers interacted with and influenced one another from the mid twentieth century to the early twenty-first century. Based on a ...
A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of the Appraisal Systems in English and Chinese Scientific Research Articles
1st Edition
By Xu Yuchen, Yan Xuan, Su Rui, Kou Ying
September 25, 2023
Appraisal is the way language users express their attitude towards things, people, behaviour or ideas. In the last few decades, significant achievements have been made in Appraisal Theory research, yet little attention has been paid to appraisal in scientific texts, especially in relation to the ...
A Dynamic Systems Theory Perspective on L2 Writing Development
1st Edition
By Shaopeng Li
September 25, 2023
From the perspective of empirical complex dynamic systems, this book investigates the complex and nonlinear process of L2 writing centering on three linguistic aspects of L2 writing development: vocabulary, syntax, and discourse. Combining dynamic systems theory, variation analysis, as well as data...
A Study of Labor Mobility in China
1st Edition
By Sun Wenkai
September 25, 2023
The title investigates rural labor mobility in China since 2003, an important phenomenon in the process of Chinese economic transition, influential in economic growth at the macro level and individual wellbeing at the micro level.Based on empirical analysis, the study identifies and evaluates the ...
Aging in the Context of Urbanization: Social Determinants for the Depression of the Chinese Older Population
1st Edition
By Fan Yang
September 25, 2023
As China has undergone rapid urbanization and population aging in the past few decades, improving the welfare of older people in rural areas has become an ever more pressing issue. This title is the first book-length work to examine the influence of urbanization on the mental health of China’s ...
Barriers to Inclusive Education in Chinese Primary Schools: Culture, Policy, and Practice
1st Edition
By Qinyi Tan
September 25, 2023
In response to the growing international interest in inclusive education, this book examines its practices and issues in the Chinese context through case studies of two regular primary schools in mainland China where children with special needs are admitted. The main concerns of this book not only...