China Policy Series
About the Book Series
With the rise of China and its impact on the world, interest in China has increased drastically in recent years. This series focuses on policy-oriented research and scholarly works with policy implications, on all aspects of contemporary Chinese economy, politics, society, environment, journalism and cultures. It also covers China’s foreign relations with major international organizations such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization, and World Bank, and major powers such as the United States, European Union (and its member states), Japan and others.
Development and Poverty Reduction: A Global Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Yongnian Zheng, Jiwei Qian
June 30, 2021
Although the absolute number of poor people in the world has declined significantly in recent decades, poverty reduction continues to be a very important issue. There still are very large numbers of poor people, relative poverty is an increasingly concerning problem, and progress on poverty ...
Post-Western Sociology - From China to Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Li Peilin
March 31, 2021
This book is rooted in an epistemological approach to sociology in which the boundaries between Western and non-Western sociologies are acknowledged and built on. It argues that knowledge is organised in conceptual spaces linked to paradigms and programmes which in turn are linked to ethnocentred ...
The Chinese Communist Party in Action: Consolidating Party Rule
1st Edition
Edited
By Lance L.P. Gore, Zheng Yongnian
March 31, 2021
Much is written about China and the role of the Chinese Communist Party, but without exploring in detail the nature of the party and how it operates. This book provides an in-depth assessment of the current state of the Chinese Communist Party. It outlines the huge size of the party – 88 million ...
China's Pension Reforms: Political Institutions, Skill Formation and Pension Policy in China
1st Edition
By Ke Meng
December 18, 2020
Existing literature has looked at many factors which have shaped Chinese pension reforms. As China’s pension reform proceeds in an expanding and localising fashion, this book argues that there is a pressing need to examine it in the context of China’s political institutions and economic ...
The Decline of the Western-Centric World and the Emerging New Global Order: Contending Views
1st Edition
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By Yun-han Chu, Yongnian Zheng
November 25, 2020
The Western liberal democratic world order, which seemingly triumphed following the collapse of communism, is looking increasingly fragile as populists and nationalists take power in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, as the momentum of democratization in developing countries stalls, and as ...
China's New Silk Road: An Emerging World Order
1st Edition
Edited
By Carmen Amado Mendes
June 30, 2020
Much is being written about China’s new 'One Belt, One Road' initiative, but much of the writing focuses on China itself, on the destinations of the road – Europe and the Middle East – or on the countries through which the road passes, such as Central Asia. This book takes a different approach...
Gender Dynamics, Feminist Activism and Social Transformation in China
1st Edition
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By Guoguang Wu, Yuan Feng, Helen Lansdowne
June 30, 2020
This book explores the extent to which women have been initiators, mobilizers, and driving forces of social transformation in China. The book considers how conceptions of women’s roles have changed as China has moved from state socialism to engagement with capitalist globalization, examines the ...
The Politics of Expertise in China
1st Edition
By Xufeng Zhu
June 30, 2020
Since the reform and opening-up policy was implemented in China, consultations have been increasingly carried out during the policy-making process. This often involves experts, many of whom are based in think-tanks or similar institutions. The degree of access to the policy-making process varies, ...
China's Authoritarian Path to Development: Is Democratization Possible?
1st Edition
By Liang Tang
December 12, 2019
This book examines the various stages of China’s development, in the economic, social, and political fields, relating theories and models of development to what is actually occurring in China, and discussing how China’s development is likely to progress going forward. It argues that China’s ...
China-Africa Relations: Building Images through Cultural Co-operation, Media Representation, and Communication
1st Edition
Edited
By Kathryn Batchelor, Xiaoling Zhang
December 12, 2019
The recent rapid growth in China’s involvement in Africa is being promoted by both Chinese and African leaders as being conducted in a spirit of cooperation, friendship and equality. In the media and informally, however, a different, less harmonious picture emerges. This book explores how China and...
Foreign Policies toward Taiwan
1st Edition
By Shaohua Hu
December 12, 2019
The issue of Taiwan is the single most difficult factor in the relationship between China and the United States. Any cross-straits conflict between China and Taiwan is likely not only to pit the world’s two leading powers against each other, but also to suck in many other countries. This book ...
The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: Sharp Power and its Discontents
1st Edition
By Andreas Fulda
August 14, 2019
The key question at the heart of this book is to what extent political activists in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities. Taking a long historical perspective, the book compares and contrasts the political ...