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.
Deng Xiaoping and China's Foreign Policy
1st Edition
By Ronald Keith
December 12, 2019
Deng Xiaoping is widely acknowledged as the principal architect of China’s economic reforms, but how far was he also responsible for shaping China’s foreign policy which emphasized “peace and development”? This book explores Deng’s foreign policy and shows how he established basic principles for ...
China’s Climate-Energy Policy: Domestic and International Impacts
1st Edition
Edited
By Akihisa Mori
November 28, 2019
China’s recent climate-energy policy, an outcome of contemporary challenges, has generated conflict of interest amongst major stakeholders. Coupled with a boost in demand for oil, gas and coal, as well as a rapid growth in wind and solar power, it has not only affected domestic fossil fuel and ...
China’s Financial Opening: Coalition Politics and Policy Changes
1st Edition
By Yu Wai Vic Li
October 10, 2019
The twenty-first century has not only seen China become one of the world’s largest trading nations, but also its gradual integration into the global financial system. Chinese-sponsored project financing schemes, such as the Belt-and-Road Initiative and the Asian Infrastructure Investment ...
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Evolution, Drivers and Prospects
1st Edition
By Jieqi Guan, Carlos Noronha
September 25, 2019
In recent years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting in China has been experiencing a rapid development and the number of social reports issued by Chinese enterprises shows a sharp increasing trend. This book investigates the evolution of such reporting practice in the country and the ...
China Reclaims World Power Status: Putting an end to the world America made
1st Edition
By Paolo Urio
September 05, 2019
Using both Chinese and Western theoretical approaches, this book analyses the strategies implemented by China for reclaiming power in the international domain. Examining domestic measures taken by China to assure its economic and social development, it also considers the strengths and weaknesses of...
China’s Hydro-politics in the Mekong: Conflict and Cooperation in Light of Securitization Theory
1st Edition
By Sebastian Biba
July 31, 2019
China’s Hydro-politics in the Mekong explores the intricate processes of conflict and cooperation over the use of water resources in the Mekong river basin between upstream China and the downstream countries of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The book tackles two gaps in the empirical ...
The Economic Roots of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong: Globalization and the Rise of China
1st Edition
By Louis Augustin-Jean, Anthea Cheung
May 24, 2019
In the autumn of 2014, thousands of people, young and educated in their majority, occupied the chief business district and seat of the government in Hong Kong. The protest, known as the Umbrella Movement, called for ‘genuine democracy’, as well as a fairer social and economic system. The book aims...
The Power of Relationalism in China
1st Edition
By Leah Zhu
May 24, 2019
In the 21st century, China has become impossible to ignore. At the same time, a vast array of perceptions and judgments of China’s actions and future have arisen. The confusion, Leah Zhu postulates, is explained by decades of traditional modus operandi, which began in the Maoist Era and ...
China's Generation Gap
1st Edition
By Jiaming Sun, Dongmei Cheng
May 21, 2019
Based on data collected for the Generation Gap Survey in Shanghai and updated to take into account contemporary trends, this book uses an empirical approach to study the generation gap in China. It covers various aspects of life from professional and family life to political participation and ...
Chinese Fans of Japanese and Korean Pop Culture: Nationalistic Narratives and International Fandom
1st Edition
By Lu Chen
March 21, 2019
How can Japanese popular culture gain numerous fans in China, despite pervasive anti-Japanese sentiment? How is it that there’s such a strong anti-Korean sentiment in Chinese online fan communities when the official Sino-Korean relationship is quite stable before 2016? Avid fans in China are ...
Citizenship, Identity and Social Movements in the New Hong Kong: Localism after the Umbrella Movement
1st Edition
Edited
By Wai-man Lam, Luke Cooper
March 21, 2019
Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’ has been widely regarded as a watershed moment in the polity’s post-1997 history. While public protest has long been a routine part of Hong Kong’s political culture, the preparedness of large numbers of citizens to participate in civil disobedience represented a ...
Emerging Adulthood in Hong Kong: Social Forces and Civic Engagement
1st Edition
By Chau-kiu Cheung
March 21, 2019
How emerging adults, broadly referring to those aged from 18 to 29 years old, fare in civic engagement, as compared with other adults is the focus of the present work. The work takes civic engagement to comprise prosociality in civil society, sustaining social institutions, and challenging ...