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critical insights into a rising power

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January 26, 2024 | History
An edition of The China questions (2018)

The China questions

critical insights into a rising power

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.--

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

"In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index.

Copyright Date
2018

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Dewey Decimal Class
951.06
Library of Congress
DS779.4 .C463 2018, DS779.4.C463 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 337 pages
Number of pages
337

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Open Library
OL26939301M
ISBN 10
0674979400
ISBN 13
9780674979406
LCCN
2017023762
OCLC/WorldCat
993601602

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