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The China questions : critical insights into a rising power
- Title
- The China questions : critical insights into a rising power / edited by Jennifer Rudolph, Michael Szonyi.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018. ©2018
- Description
- xi, 337 pages ; 22 cm
- Other contributors
- Rudolph, Jennifer M., editor. Szonyi, Michael, editor. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.
- Notes
- Includes index. "In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- I. Politics: Is the Chinese communist regime legitimate? / Elizabeth J. Perry
- Can fighting corruption save the party? / Joseph Fewsmith
- Does Mao still matter? / Roderick MacFarquhar
- What is the source of ethnic tension in China? / Mark Elliott
- What should we know about public opinion in China? / Ya-Wen Lei
- What does longevity mean for leadership in China? / Arunabh Ghosh
- Can the Chinese Communist Party learn from Chinese emperors? / Yuhua Wang
- II. International relations: Will China lead Asia? / Odd Arne Westad
- How strong are China's armed forces? / Andrew S. Erickson
- What does the rise of China mean for the United States? / Robert S. Ross
- Is Chinese exceptionalism undermining China's foreign policy interests? / Alistair Iain Johnston
- (When) will Taiwan reunify with the mainland? / Steven M. Goldstein
- Can China and Japan ever get along? / Ezra F. Vogel
- III. Economy: Can China's high growth continue? / Richard N. Cooper
- Is the Chinese economy headed toward a hard landing? / Dwight H. Perkins
- Will urbanization save the Chinese economy or destroy it? / Meg Rithmire
- Is China keeping its promises on trade? / Mark Wu
- How do China's new rich give back? / Tony Saich
- What can China teach us about fighting poverty? / Nara Dillon
- IV. Environment: Can China address air pollution and climate change? / Michael B. McElroy
- Is there environmental awareness in China? / Karen Thornber
- V. Society: Why does the end of the one-child policy matter? / Susan Greenhalgh
- How are China and its middle class handling aging and mental health? / Arthur Kleinman
- How important is religion in China? / James Robson
- Will there be another Dalai Lama? / Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
- Does law matter in China? / William P. Alford
- Why do so many Chinese students come to the United States? / William C. Kirby
- VI. History and culture: Who is Confucius in today's China? / Michael Puett
- Where did the Silk Road come from? / Rowan Flad
- Why do intellectuals matter to Chinese politics? / Peter K. Bol
- Why do classic Chinese novels matter? / Wai-yee Li
- How have Chinese writers imagined China's future? / David Der-wei Wang
- Has Chinese propaganda won hearts and minds? / Jie Li
- Why is it still so hard to talk about the Cultural Revolution? / Xiaofei Tian
- What is the future of China's past? / Stephen Owen
- How has the study of China changed in the last sixty years? / Paul A. Cohen.
- Summary
- Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked. In only a few decades, the most populous country on Earth has moved from relative isolation to center stage. Thirty of the world's leading China experts--all affiliates of the renowned Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University--answer key questions about where this new superpower is headed and what makes its people and their leaders tick. They distill a lifetime of cutting-edge scholarship into short, accessible essays about Chinese identity, culture, environment, society, history, or policy.-- Provided by publisher.
- Subject headings
- Environmental policy--China. China--Forecasting. China--Politics and government--2002- China--Foreign relations--21st century. China--Economic conditions--2000- China--Social conditions--2000- China--Civilization--2002-
- ISBN
- 9780674979406 hardcover alkaline paper 0674979400 hardcover alkaline paper 0674979400