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aAn excellent resource.a
--"Library Journal"
China's dramatic transformation over the past fifteen years has
drawn its share of attention and fear from the global community and
world leaders. Far from the inward-looking days of the Cultural
Revolution, modern China today is the world's fourth largest
economy, with a net product larger than that of France and the
United Kingdom. And China's dynamism is by no means limited to its
economy: enrollments in secondary and higher education are rapidly
expanding, and new means of communication are vastly increasing
information available to the Chinese public. In two decades, the
Chinese government has also transformed its foreign
relations--Beijing is now consulted on virtually every key
development within the region. However, the Communist Party of
China still dominates all aspects of political life. The Politburo
is still self-selecting, Beijing chooses province governors,
censorship is widespread, and treatment of dissidents remains
harsh.
In China, leading experts provide an overview of the region,
highlighting key issues as they developed in the People's Republic
of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Edited with an introduction by
David B. H. Denoon, an authority on China, this volume of articles
covers recent events and key issues in understanding this growing
superpower. Organized into three thematic sections--foreign policy
and national security, economic policy and social issues, and
domestic politics and governance--the essays cover salient topics
such as China's military power, de-communization, growing economic
strength, nationalism, and the possibility for democracy. Thevolume
also contains current maps as well as a "Recent Chronology of
Events" which provides a decade's worth of information on the
region, organized by year and by country.
Contributors: Liu Binyan, David B.H. Denoon, Bruce J. Dickson,
June Teufel Dreyer, Michael Dutton, Elizabeth Economy, Barry
Eichengreen, Edward Friedman, Dru C. Gladney, Paul H. B. Godwin,
Merle Goldman, Richard Madsen, Barry Naughton, Lucian W. Pye, Tony
Saich, David Shambaugh, Robert Sutter, Michael D. Swaine, and
Tyrene White.
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