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.
China's International Socialization of Political Elites in the Belt and Road Initiative
1st Edition
By Theodor Tudoroiu, with Amanda R. Ramlogan
April 29, 2022
This book argues that China’s international socialization of the political elites of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner states is an exceptionally effective instrument of China’s current foreign policy. It shows how the BRI-related process of socialization generates shared beliefs in the ...
Doing Labor Activism in South China: The Complicity of Uncertainty
1st Edition
By Darcy Pan
April 29, 2022
How did labor NGOs come into existence in contemporary China? How do labor activists act – or not act – when the limits of state tolerance are unclear? With a focus on labor NGOs in South China and Western funding agencies, this book sets out to address these questions by investigating the dynamics...
Regional Inequality in Transitional China
1st Edition
By Felix Haifeng Liao, Yehua Dennis Wei, Li Huang
April 29, 2022
This book investigates uneven regional development in China – with particular focus on the cases of Guangdong and Zheijiang provinces – which have been at the forefront of debate since Chinese economic reform. Rapid economic growth since the ‘opening-up’ of China has been accompanied by ...
China's Foreign Policy since 1949: Continuity and Change
1st Edition
By Kevin Cai
January 25, 2022
This book provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis and overview of China’s foreign policy since 1949. It starts with constructing an analytical framework for explaining Chinese foreign policy and then, on the basis of that, outlines and analyzes developments in different areas of foreign ...
Keywords in Queer Sinophone Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Howard Chiang, Alvin K. Wong
December 13, 2021
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. Engaging with contemporary debates and ...
Economic Policy Making In China (1949–2016): The Role of Economists
1st Edition
By Pieter Bottelier
September 30, 2021
This book explores the key ideas and the key people who were responsible for the development of China’s economy from 1949 through 2016. It discusses how economic policy evolved, how economic policy was formulated and how the role of economists in decision making evolved. It considers the interplay ...
The Lahu Minority in Southwest China: A Response to Ethnic Marginalization on the Frontier
1st Edition
By Jianxiong Ma
September 30, 2021
The Lahu, with a population of around 470,000, inhabit the mountainous country in Yunnan Province bordering on Burma, Laos and northern Thailand. Buddhists, with a long history of resistance to the Chinese Han majority, the Lahu are currently facing a serious collapse of their traditional social ...
Hong Kong’s New Identity Politics: Longing for the Local in the Shadow of China
1st Edition
By Iam-chong Ip
August 02, 2021
Ip uses Hong Kong as a case study in how the production of the desire for "the local" lies at the heart of global cultural economy.Perhaps more so than most places, the construction of a local identity in Hong Kong has come about through a complex interplay of neoliberalism, postcoloniality and ...
China's Quest for Innovation: Institutions and Ecosystems
1st Edition
Edited
By Shuanping Dai, Markus Taube
June 30, 2021
The transition from a catching-up style economy to an innovation-driven economy poses a major challenge for China. This book examines the major issues at stake, outlines developments in crucial business fields and industries, and discusses the roles of top-down politics and bottom-up ...
Civilian Participants in the Cultural Revolution: Being Vulnerable and Being Responsible
1st Edition
By Francis Mok
June 30, 2021
In the ten years of the Cultural Revolution, political persecutions, violation of rights, deprivation of freedom, violence and brutality were daily occurrences. Especially striking is the huge number of ordinary civilians who were involved in inflicting pain and suffering on their comrades, ...
Ecology and Chinese-Language Cinema: Reimagining a Field
1st Edition
Edited
By Sheldon H. Lu, Haomin Gong
June 30, 2021
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.The ten chapters examine films with ecological significance in mainland China, Hong Kong,...
Internet Video Culture in China: YouTube, Youku, and the Space in Between
1st Edition
By Marc L Moskowitz
June 30, 2021
Examining Internet culture in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the US, this book analyzes videos which entertain both English and Chinese-speaking viewers to gain a better understanding of cultural similarities and differences. Each of the chapters in the volume studies ...