Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
About the Book Series
The primary aim of this series is to publish original, high quality, research-level work, by both new and established scholars in the West and East, on all aspects of the Chinese economy, including studies of business and economic history. Works of synthesis, reference books and edited collections will also be considered. Submissions from prospective authors are welcomed.
The Chinese Communist Party in Reform
1st Edition
Edited
By Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Zheng Yongnian
May 14, 2009
Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the Party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of leadership, has revitalised itself, and created...
The Chinese Model of Modern Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Tian Yu Cao
May 14, 2009
This study examines the Chinese model of modern development, reflecting on the historical experience of China's reform and highlighting theoretical issues that are crucial for understanding the reform in its historical and global contexts. Bringing together articles from scholars, including ...
China's Large Enterprises and the Challenge of Late Industrialisation
1st Edition
By Dylan Sutherland
April 29, 2009
Considers the 'late industrialisation' of China, showing how government policies have encouraged the development of 120 'national champions' (akin to Japanese keiretsu and South Korean chaebol ), how these 'national champions' compete with multinational enterprises, and how China's rapid and ...
Peasants and Revolution in Rural China: Rural Political Change in the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta, 1850-1949
1st Edition
By Chang Liu
April 02, 2009
This book explores rural political change in China from 1850 to 1949 to help us understand China’s transformation from a weak, decaying agrarian empire to a unified, strong nation-state during this period. Based on local gazetteers, contemporary field studies, government archives, personal memoirs...
China Along the Yellow River: Reflections on Rural Society
1st Edition
By Cao Jinqing
February 08, 2005
This text had a major impact in its original Chinese version. Reviewed in the Far East Economic Review as 'one of the richest portraits of the Chinese countryside published in the reform era', it charts a long journey through the hinterland region of the Yellow River undertaken by the author ...