China in the Twenty-First Century Challenges and Opportunities

by Hua, Shiping; Guo, Sujian

• ISBN13: 9781403979759
• ISBN10: 1403979758
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This edited volume looks at China in the twenty-first century from a holistic perspective. Each of the ten authors emphasizes a particular dimension of politics, political economy, political culture and foreign policy focusing on a specific issue within the broader dimension. Each specific issue, such as the so-called harmonious society, the internet, and technocratic leadership, serves as a window through which the reader can glimpse through to understand China in the new century.

Author Biography

Shiping Hua is Associate Professor of Political Science, Director, Center for Asian Democracy, the University of Louisville.

Sujian Guo is Associate Professor of Political Science, Director, Center for US-China Policy Studies, San Francisco State University, Editor, Journal of Chinese Political Science, President, Association of Chinese Political Science (USA).

 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Political Reforms

Social Harmony and Statecraft in an Era of Change in China

Ending the Bureaucratic Technocracy: China’s Quest for Political Legitimacy in the Era of

Setting New Standards for China's Performance Based on Governance, Not Democratization

Political Economy and Development

Business Interests and China’s Use of Legal Trade Remedies

Political Dynamics of Mixed Economic Formation in China

Chinese Political Culture

The New State of Chinese Media: Internet Crazes, Active Audiences, and Technologies of Control

The Internet and Political Participation in China

China's Foreign Policy

The Roles of Misperceptions and Perceptual Gaps in the Sino-American Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996

The Legal Status of Diaoyu Islands

The Relations between CCP and KMT in Recent Years

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