This paper follows the life of an idea, a fundamental concept in modern Chinese intellectual
life: socialism. It explores this idea as an alternative form of Chinese cosmopolitanism …

Nearly three decades of breakneck economic growth have profoundly altered China's
economic, social, cultural and political landscapes (Watson 1992; Tu 1993; F. Wang 1998; …

The phenomenal rise of China is not only changing the landscape of the world economy but
also bringing increasing attention to studying Chinese cultural tradition and its relevance to …

This article examines the future of socialism in China. China is not socialist today, nor are its
reforms likely to bring about socialism. Indeed, China has been “reforming” for over two …

In the ideological spectrum of China today, liberalism is undoubtedly at the farthermost end,
diametrically opposite to the direction the party-state is likely to follow. A summary of liberal …

The history of China's modernization already spans 150 years. It can be traced back to the
Qing government's Westernization Movement (洋务运动) of the mid 19th century. Since that …

Introduction The emergence of China as a state of potentially global significance is the
product of over fifty years of revolution, reform and renewal. By 2003, the People's Republic …

Abstract In China, when the Four Modernizations programme was launched in 1978, it was
announced that rapid development and growth would be achieved by'using capitalism to …

Preserving the direction of the Chinese Communist Party after the death of Mao Zedong,
Deng Xiao Ping has lead a process of economic and structural reforms that led China to …

While China's rise has been much discussed, its meaning continues to be contested. This is
true in radical international political economy, where, for example, it was the subject of (often …