Routledge Contemporary China Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars in the West and the East, on all aspects of contemporary China.
Chinese Family Business and the Equal Inheritance System: Unravelling the Myth
1st Edition
By Victor Zheng
January 29, 2013
This book disputes the traditional argument that the equal inheritance system hinders the growth of Chinese family business, approaching this not only in terms of economic capital, but also in terms of human capital such as education and leadership, and social networks. Zheng argues that most of ...
The Politics of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization: The Dragon Goes Global
1st Edition
By Hui Feng
November 01, 2012
Grounded on a series of first-hand interviews with Chinese government officials, this book examines China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, providing an ‘inside’ look at Chinese WTO accession negotiations. Presenting a systematic political economy model in analyzing Beijing’s ...
Challenges for China's Development: An Enterprise Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By David Brown, Alasdair MacBean
September 10, 2012
The pace of reform for China’s enterprises of all kinds has quickened as they seek to cope with the challenges of self-determination in a rapidly evolving context of difficult social and welfare changes, and the realities of increasing global competition. This book explores these challenges from ...
China's Business Reforms: Institutional Challenges in a Globalised Economy
1st Edition
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By Russell Smyth, On Kit Tam, Malcolm Warner, Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu
September 10, 2012
China's recent economic reforms have led to impressive growth, and an unprecedented enthusiasm for establishing foreign enterprises in China. 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 ...
Politics and Government in Hong Kong: Crisis under Chinese sovereignty
1st Edition
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By Ming Sing
September 05, 2012
This book examines the government of Hong Kong since its handover to mainland China in 1997, focusing in particular on the anti-government mass protests and mobilisations in the years since 2003. It argues that Hong Kong has been poorly governed since transferring to Chinese rule, and that public ...
Narrating China: Jia Pingwa and his Fictional World
1st Edition
By Yiyan Wang
July 11, 2012
Jia Pingwa, whose novels have caused both fame and controversy, has an enormous readership throughout the Chinese speaking world. However, despite Pingwa's cultural significance and the use of his poetry, novels and prose in schools and universities, there has never been any substantial ...
Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacific: Economic interdependence and China's rise
1st Edition
By Kai He
June 13, 2012
This book 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. Engaging the mainstream theoretical debates in international relations, the author introduces a new theoretical ...
Rent Seeking in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Tak-Wing Ngo, Yongping Wu
April 10, 2012
In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of the promotion of village and township enterprises by local cadres who wants to maximize revenue. At the same time, the rent-seeking state is also seen as ...
Gender and Education in China: Gender Discourses and Women's Schooling in the Early Twentieth Century
1st Edition
By Paul J. Bailey
March 21, 2012
Gender and Education in China analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century. Educational change was an integral aspect of the early twentieth century state-building and modernizing reforms implemented by ...
Unemployment in China: Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets
1st Edition
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By Grace O.M. Lee, Malcolm Warner
March 21, 2012
Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking. Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence from leading scholars in the field, this ...
Chinese Male Homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy
1st Edition
By Travis S. K. Kong
February 29, 2012
This book presents a groundbreaking exploration of masculinities and homosexualities amongst Chinese gay men. It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture. Kong ...
Management Training and Development in China: Educating Managers in a Globalized Economy
1st Edition
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By Malcolm Warner, Keith Goodall
February 02, 2012
One of the critical issues facing both the Chinese government and businesses operating in China is the lack of trained managers. This book, with contributions by internationally-known scholars from a wide range of countries, examines the Chinese response to the challenges of management ...