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Environmental Policies in Asia highlights the environmental
challenges Asian planners and policymakers face as the continent
undergoes rapid economic growth in the 21st Century. Edited by Jing
Huang and Shreekant Gupta, with contributions from leading Asian
scholar practitioners, this timely and unique volume is the first
of its kind to look at environmental policies and governance from
the perspective of seven dynamic Asian countries. These include
developed economies of Japan and Singapore, emerging giants such as
China and India and rapidly developing nations such as Vietnam,
Indonesia and Malaysia. The volume discusses environmental
challenges that stem from issues as local as poor recycling
practices, to ones that are as vast and complex as global climate
change. Engaging, accessible, and pan-Asian in scope, the essays
also present creative ways in which these challenges are being
addressed. This book is valuable to anyone who is keen on
understanding Asia, its growth, and whether its rise is
environmentally sustainable.
The question of whether China and India can cooperate is at the
core of global geopolitics. As the two countries grow their
economies, the potential for conflict is no longer simply a
geopolitical one based on relative power, influence and traditional
quarrels over land boundaries. This book assesses the varying
interests of China and India in economics, environment, energy, and
water and addresses the possibility of cooperation in these
domains. Containing analyses by leading authorities on China and
India, it analyses the nature of existing and emerging conflict,
describes the extent of cooperation, and suggests possibilities for
collaboration in the future. While it is often suggested that
conflict between the giants of Asia is the norm, there are a number
of opportunities for cooperation in trade, international and
regional financial institutions, renewable energy development and
climate change, and shared rivers. This book will be of interest to
researchers in the fields of Asian Studies, International
Relations, and Asian Politics.
This thought-provoking book, edited by Jing Huang and Alexander
Korolev, redefines the complex political and economic landscape of
the Asia-Pacific region. Written by internationally recognized
experts from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Norway and
Singapore, it provides an in-depth analysis of international
cooperation in the development of Russia's Far East and Siberia. It
explores the geo-economic and geopolitical standing of 'Pacific
Russia', and examines both the factors that lie behind, and the
mechanisms that allow its integration into Asia. The authors argue
that such development is essential for diversifying Russia's
economy, but that this turn to Asia is still inconsistent and would
benefit from being truly international and multilateral. The
protracted crisis in relations between Russia and the West, they
point out, has only made it more significant. This edited volume
will appeal to political scientists, economists, scholars of
development studies and international relations, and policy-makers.
This thought-provoking book, edited by Jing Huang and Alexander
Korolev, redefines the complex political and economic landscape of
the Asia-Pacific region. Written by internationally recognized
experts from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Norway and
Singapore, it provides an in-depth analysis of international
cooperation in the development of Russia's Far East and Siberia. It
explores the geo-economic and geopolitical standing of 'Pacific
Russia', and examines both the factors that lie behind, and the
mechanisms that allow its integration into Asia. The authors argue
that such development is essential for diversifying Russia's
economy, but that this turn to Asia is still inconsistent and would
benefit from being truly international and multilateral. The
protracted crisis in relations between Russia and the West, they
point out, has only made it more significant. This edited volume
will appeal to political scientists, economists, scholars of
development studies and international relations, and policy-makers.
The question of whether China and India can cooperate is at the
core of global geopolitics. As the two countries grow their
economies, the potential for conflict is no longer simply a
geopolitical one based on relative power, influence and traditional
quarrels over land boundaries. This book assesses the varying
interests of China and India in economics, environment, energy, and
water and addresses the possibility of cooperation in these
domains. Containing analyses by leading authorities on China and
India, it analyses the nature of existing and emerging conflict,
describes the extent of cooperation, and suggests possibilities for
collaboration in the future. While it is often suggested that
conflict between the giants of Asia is the norm, there are a number
of opportunities for cooperation in trade, international and
regional financial institutions, renewable energy development and
climate change, and shared rivers. This book will be of interest to
researchers in the fields of Asian Studies, International
Relations, and Asian Politics.
Factionalism is widely understood to be a distinguishing
characteristic of Chinese politics. In this book, first published
in 2000, Jing Huang examines the role of factionalism in leadership
relations and policy-making. His detailed knowledge of intra-party
politics offers an alternative understanding of still-disputed
struggles behind the high walls of leadership in Zhongnanhai. Huang
traces the development of factional politics from its roots in the
'mountaintops' and the enduring impact of the personal bonds formed
between Mao and his supporters at the Yan'an Round Table.
Critiquing the predominant theories on leadership and
decision-making, he explains that it is not power struggles that
give rise to factionalism, but rather the existence of
'factionalism that turns power into an overriding goal in CCP
politics'. Huang explains why policy outcomes switched constantly
between 'Left-adventurism' and 'Right-conservatism' under Mao's
reign and between 'emancipation of mind' and 'socialist spiritual
civilization' in the Deng era.
Factionalism is widely understood to be a distinguishing characteristic of Chinese politics. In this book, Jing Huang examines the role of factionalism in leadership relations and policy making. His detailed knowledge of intra-Party politics offers a new understanding of still-disputed struggles behind the high walls of leadership in Zhongnanhai. Critiqueing the predominant theories on leadership and decisionmaking, he explains that it is not power struggles that give rise to factionalism, but rather the existence of "factionalism that turns power into an overriding goal in CCP politics."
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