This is the result of a collaborative effort between scholars from Europe, Asia, and the US.
The book argues that the central underlying theme of China's development trajectory in the …

From 1885–1924, China underwent a period of acute political struggle and cultural change,
brought on by a radical change in thought: after over 2,000 years of monarchical rule, the …

In the new millennium all eyes are on China, which many believe has the potential in the
near future to rise to world prominence as a political leader and an economic powerhouse …

An important, perhaps even dominant feature of Chinese national identity has been a
preoccupation with creating and maintaining a strong centralized state. During the crisis of …

What is" Chinese about China s modern state? This book proposes that the state we see
today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal …

Contemporary China can only be understood in relation to its recent past. During the half
century before 1950, Chinese history was marked both by the vigorous per sistence of …

Will the rise of China change the international system built by the industrial and
constitutional democracies of the West of the past centuries? Should China be content with …

Charts Western influence and national development. Beginning with the mid-19th century,
when China encountered the West and began to enter the modern age, this encyclopedia …

China's Political System provides a concise introduction to the political, economic, and
social factors that determine China's government. Highly respected specialist June Teufel …

With the Qing Dynasty reform efforts (1901-1911), abolition of the civil service examination
(1905), and the end of the monarchy (1912), the first three decades of the twentieth century …