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This book examines the new equity-enhancing politics in China in
the context of Chinese traditional cognitive patterns of political
legitimacy and its implication for Chinese political development in
the near future. Based on an analysis of the new governing
philosophy, the generation of political elite, and a new set of
public policies, the book reaffirms the emergence of a new Chinese
polity that infuses one-party rule with limited electoral and
deliberative democracies. Unlike many scholars who perceive the
contemporary Chinese history as a constant search for democracy,
this book takes a very different approach. It asserts that the
enduring question in political development in China today is no
different from what was sought after throughout Chinese history,
namely, the constant search for political legitimacy. Even though
the quest for democracy is instrumental to that end, it may not
ultimately lead to the embrace of a full-fledged liberal democracy.
The new politics is not only a rationalization of the
efficiency-based development, but also a major paradigm shift in
China's developmental strategy.
The year 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of normalization of
Sino-U.S. relations. Over the past 30 years, the bilateral
relations have developed by twists and turns. It is not until
recent years that some stability and forward-looking exchanges have
returned to the central stage, albeit tension, grievances, and
mistrust continue to persist. Washington has encouraged China to
become a "responsible stakeholder" in the world affairs, while
China has urged the U.S. to work with China to build a "harmonious
world." Both sides want to work together to solve their differences
through dialogs and negotiations. In the wake of the worldwide
financial crisis of 2008-2009, China has contributed greatly in
financing the crumbling U.S. financial market and lent a helping
hand in stabilizing the world economy. Nevertheless, the foundation
of the relationship remains very fragile and the long-term prospect
for a constructive cooperative relationship is still full of
uncertainties. For many Americans, China's increasing global reach
and growing political and economic influence constitute the
greatest challenge to world dominance by the United States. As a
result, some perceive China's rise as a threat to Americans' core
national interests. The recent changes in the global geostrategic
landscape and economic interdependence have suggested that some new
ideas, factors, conditions, and elements are shaping the relations
between the two countries. The task of Thirty Years of China-U.S.
Relations: Analytical Approaches and Contemporary Issues is to
explore these factors, issues, and challenges and their impact for
the bilateral relations in the 21st century.
Coincided with China's economic reform and her rapid ascendance to
a great power status, the relations between Taiwan and Chinese
mainland since 1979 have also seen some encouraging development.
However, the rapprochement is nothing but a smooth ride. Taiwan
Strait has always been full of tensions and hostility since the
communist took over the mainland over sixty years ago. The
periodical tensions in the cross-Strait relations have from time to
time threatened to derail the peace talks between the two sides,
and poised to jeopardize the region's peace and stability. This
book studies the past, present and future relations across the
Taiwan Strait and examines many important questions such as
internal and external factors contributing to the Taiwan's shift in
her mainland policy, impacts of Taiwan democratization on the
cross-Strait relations, the development of Taiwanese identity and
rise of Taiwanese nationalism, the possibility of expanding
Taiwan's international space under the shadow of China, the
prospect of reunification between Taiwan and China, and the roles
of the third parties, such as U.S., NGOs and Taiwan businessmen, in
the changing relationship between the two sides. Taiwan and the
Rise of China will certainly help readers, especially those who
lack of historical perspective of the political division of the two
political adversaries, to grasp the complexity and nature of the
cross-Strait relations and faster a real understanding of the
significance of this relationship to peace in the region as well as
the world in the 21st century.
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on-going debate on China's development model presents a fascinating
yet very different image of Chinese exceptionalism, an idea that is
similar to American exceptionalism. Is China exceptionalism a myth
or reality? Will modern China, born of Confucian creeds, be
culturally, economically and politically distinct from Western
industrialized nations in an age of globalization? Does the
Confucian culture make any qualitative difference in China's
developmental path and her international behavior in dealing with
other nations? Will China be something of a paradox? Will this
claim of distinction be a double-edged sword that will eventually
hunt China in its future development? To decipher the complex
Chinese labyrinth, this coedited book explores the development of a
new social democracy, the Chinese vision of human rights and civil
society, the asymmetry between economic and political development
and the puzzle it presents, and the informal politics and Chinese
innovation on governance and problem solving. We will also present
a number of studies detailing innovations and systems that are
distinctively Chinese, including innovations at local governances,
the intriguing relationship between NGOs and the state, the
grievance-addressing system (xinfang), and the co-existence of
atheists and theists in China. As a multi-disciplinary research
project, it attempts to shed some lights on these important
questions.
For the past several decades, China has been transforming itself
from an isolated and backward agrarian society into an economic
superpower with global interests and responsibilities. Over 300
million Chinese have been lifted out of poverty and China now
enjoys the fastest growing and third largest economy on earth. Not
surprisingly, numerous changes in China's foreign relations have
accompanied the astounding transformations in the country's
domestic politics and society. Perhaps most surprising to some
observers is Beijing's aggressive foray into the so-called
developing world. This co-edited book focuses on China's increasing
engagement with many of the less developed countries-particularly
those in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and
the Middle East-and explores the current and future trends in
Beijing's foreign relations. The old and hackneyed call for
revolutionary struggle and world revolution has been consigned to
the dustbin of history. In its place is a concrete pledge to
construct a 'win-win' relationship with any country willing to
deepen ties with Beijing. Dancing with the Dragon will help readers
gain a greater understanding of China's foreign relations in this
critical part of the global community.
China's growth in the past few decades has been unprecedented, and
continues to stay strong as it expands its influence around the
globe. However, in many ways, the once insular China is still
looking to find its footing as an international player in the
globalization game. Greater China in an Era of Globalization looks
at the success of China and its surrounding territories of Taiwan,
Hong Kong, and Macau and asks the question "What is Chinese
globalization?." The contributors in this volume look to answer
this question by examining China's role both in its immediate
sphere of influence and in the greater world. In doing so, the
contributors argue that its push to globalize has had as much
effect on the country itself, both politically and culturally, as
it has had on the world. The contributors further the argument by
analyzing China's influence on the rising nations in Africa and
Latin America, before ending the book with a comparative analysis
between it and the historic rise and fall of influence of its
European counterparts.
Toward Better Governance in China takes a fresh look at the latest
efforts made by Chinese leaders to promote governance-based reform.
It asserts that the improvement of governance has now become one of
the breakthrough points of the much anticipated political reform.
Although the Chinese government continues to play down expectations
about political reform, many small-scale reform experiments have
been quietly undertaken by Chinese leaders at various levels in
recent years, including the new round of administrative reform
centered on the creation of "super ministries," the enlargement of
inner-party democracy within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the
strengthening of local legislative bodies, and judicial reform
designed to promote judicial independence and rule of law. This
strategy calls for strengthening governing capacity and changing
government functions. One of the advantages in placing the
improvement of governance first is that it is less risky than
embarking upon a full-scaled electoral reform. Electoral democracy
is undoubtedly an important element in a functional democracy. But
equally important is the effectiveness, transparency,
accountability, and openness of the governing process. Better
governance implies greater transparency, open deliberation and
participation, and less adversarial political confrontation and
conflict. If constructed properly, China may become the sort of
democratic administration or administrative democracy that Robert
Dahl discussed in 1947. Clearly, political reform of this kind does
not follow the conventional wisdom of a democratic transition which
places heavy emphasis on electoral reform or the precedence of the
electoral reform to the government reform. This book is intended to
shed some new light on the ongoing debate about the direction of
China's political development.
The problems of corruption, social injustice, public unrest,
disparity in income and regional development, shortage of energy
and resources, unemployment, aging population, inadequate social
and economic safety network, pollution, etc., are poised to
jeopardize political stability and cast a shadow on the moral
foundation of economic reform. How to cope with these new problems
is a daunting task facing the Chinese leadership and people in the
twenty-first century. The new generation of leadership under Hu
Jintao has begun to search for solutions and directions. 'Building
a harmonious society' based on a 'scientific view of development'
has become a new catch phrase in political and academic discourse
in China and a newly adopted program by the Chinese government. It
is in this context that this edited volume brings together a group
of China scholars to discuss the concept and goal of building a
harmonious society. This book will be of interest to professors and
students of China studies, as well as policy makers and
researchers.
Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is a topical
examination of some of the most recent developments in Chinese
politics. Featuring a roster of international scholars, the book
comprosises an assortment of essays focusing on a particular
dimension or specific issue of political culture, political
economy, foreign policy, environmental and social challenges. The
editors, Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo, have divided the essays into
five pairs: Political Legitimacy, Political Economy, External
Challenges, Environmental Challenges, and Social Challenges. Each
of these dimensions serves as a window through which the reader can
glimpse various challenges in Chinese political development in the
new century.Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is
suitable for all levels of students and researchers of Chinese
Politics.
Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is a topical
examination of some of the most recent developments in Chinese
politics. Featuring a roster of international scholars, the book
comprosises an assortment of essays focusing on a particular
dimension or specific issue of political culture, political
economy, foreign policy, environmental and social challenges. The
editors, Sujian Guo and Baogang Guo, have divided the essays into
five pairs: Political Legitimacy, Political Economy, External
Challenges, Environmental Challenges, and Social Challenges. Each
of these dimensions serves as a window through which the reader can
glimpse various challenges in Chinese political development in the
new century.Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development is
suitable for all levels of students and researchers of Chinese
Politics.
This edited volume assesses governance innovation and institutional
change under the fifth generation of China's political leaders
headed by Xi Jinping. The configuration of long-term policy
innovation without regime change requires skilled political actors
who secure strategic majorities and set up coalitions to design and
launch new policies. Recalibrations or reconfigurations of the
governance model respond to domestic reform pressures or external
shocks in order to secure regime survival. Given that most
structural constraints and reform pressures do not arise out of a
sudden, the thrilling question is why the political elites
sometimes decide not to engage in institutional reforms despite of
widespread societal support for major restructuring and why they
suddenly launch institutional changes in times of relative
stability. The authors address these issues by focusing on basic
patterns and paradigms of governance and institutional change in
China, the actors and drivers of governance innovation, as well as
the impact of norms, values, and socio-cognitive orientations. This
is added by some reflections on the interplay between abstract
ideas, reform debates, and the making of concrete decisions as
outlined by the Third Plenum on (socio-)economic reforms in 2013
and the Fourth Plenum on rule-based governance (fazhi) in 2014.
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