The imposition of modernity on China is no recent matter. After 1840, Western colonial
powers compelled China into ever-widening networks of interaction, communication and …

On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the 60th anniversary
of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous six decades it had been. During that …

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 …

China is on the rise in the globalized world. The relationship between China and the United
States has become the most important global issue in the twenty-first century. It is urgent to …

In 2008, China marked the 30-year anniversary of the economic and social reforms that
Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping introduced to a country crippled by the Cultural …

The third edition of this concise core textbook offers students a comprehensive introduction
to the politics, economy, culture and society of modern China, while grounding all of these …

hy does China thwart, frustrate and even embarrass those who are only trying to help? For
all who befriend China, the story is the same: high hopes, then disappointment. The …

While China's economic rise is being watched closely around the world, the country's
changing political landscape is intriguing, as well. Forces unleashed by market reforms are …

The crippled economic and political reform in China has come with two schools of thought7
the new-left and nationalism. The new-left focuses on domestic issues, while nationalism …

How did China become China? And where is it leading us? We talk as if it had always
existed: eternal China with its 5,000 years of uninterrupted history. But the name'China'was …