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])
Between Sacred and Secular Knowledge: Rationalities and Education of a Muslim Village in Northwest China
1st Edition
By Yanbi Hong
September 25, 2023
This book examines how different social forces, including state ideology and policies, religious culture and ethnic identities, and economic market forces, affect Muslim parents’ perceptions and attitudes toward public and religious education. Combining ethnographic fieldwork and a cognitive ...
Children’s Museums as a New Informal Learning Environment in China: Practice, Impact and Implications
1st Edition
By Xin Gong
September 25, 2023
Based on solid theoretical and empirical analyses, this book provides a first and fresh introduction to the recent development of children’s museums in China, along with their educational and social impacts as an informal learning environment for children, families, and society in general. To ...
China and Africa in Global Context: Encounters, Policy, Cooperation and Migration
1st Edition
By LI Anshan
September 25, 2023
This book studies the relationship between China and Africa by reviewing this history and current state of interactions, offering a valuable addition to the often heated and contentious debate surrounding China's engagement in Africa from a Chinese angle. Comprising four parts, the book ...
China's Formal Online Education under COVID-19: Actions from Government, Schools, Enterprises, and Families
1st Edition
By Zehui Zhan, Liming Huo, Xiao Yao, Baichang Zhong
September 25, 2023
This book investigates how schools, enterprises and families in China have coped with the formal online education in the light of government policy throughout the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, with special focus on the problems they have encountered and possible solutions. Using grounded theory, over...
China’s New Normal, Supply-side, and Structural Reform
1st Edition
By Cai Fang
September 25, 2023
China’s continuous, rapid economic growth since the Reform and Opening up of the country in the early 1980s has been praised as a miracle of the world economy. However, since 2012, the rate of growth has slowed down, rendering some people pessimistic about the country’s economic prospects. This ...
Constructing Social Support Systems for Left-behind and Migrant Children in China
1st Edition
By Ling Li
September 25, 2023
The book studies the educational needs of two disadvantaged groups of children in China (left-behind children in rural areas and migrant children in urban areas), aiming to optimize the social support system so that these disadvantaged children can realize their full potential. The author ...
Elasticity and Toughness: Ethnography of Minban Teachers’ Policy Implementation in Rural Chinese Society
1st Edition
By Feng Wei
September 25, 2023
This book examines minban teacher policies and their implementation in China between 1949 and 2000, when rural areas were in severe shortage of qualified teachers. During this period of time, minban teachers made great contributions to education, doing the same work as state-employed school ...
Environmental Risk Communication in China: Actors, Issues, and Governance
1st Edition
By Jia Dai, Fanxu Zeng
September 25, 2023
The role of media is becoming increasingly important as globalization has developed. Given fast social transformation and technological development in China, the consequent environmental and health risks demand citizens integrate the communication and prevention of such risks as a significant part ...
Fintech: Frontier and Beyond
1st Edition
By Zhong Xu, Chuanwei Zou
September 25, 2023
Fintech, the integration of technology into the delivery of financial services, has revolutionized the world of Finance. This book introduces a new framework to study the concepts that underly Fintech while examining the driving forces and underlying logic behind Fintech-based innovation and ...
International Comparative Perspectives on the Treatment of “Urban Diseases”: Reflections on the Low-Carbon Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region
1st Edition
By Lu Xiaocheng
September 25, 2023
With an integration of theories, comparative and empirical studies, this book aims to find a treatment for Beijing’s “urban diseases” and coordinate a low-carbon development plan for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China. Unprecedented industrialization and unconventional urbanization caused a ...
Intertextuality in the English Translations of San Guo Yan Yi
1st Edition
By Wenqing Peng
September 25, 2023
San Guo Yan Yi is one of the best-known classic Chinese novels in the English-speaking world. The earliest English translation came out in 1820, while a range of further translations have been produced over the past two hundred years. How do the different versions relate to each other? This volume...
Introduction to Contemporary Art in China
1st Edition
By Lao Zhu
September 25, 2023
The book is a collection of fifteen introductory essays excerpted from the Annual of Contemporary Art in China, covering the years from 2005 to 2019, showcasing the development and changing landscapes of contemporary art in China. The Annual documents exhibitions, events, creative practices, and ...