Scholarship on local governance in China in general and on the Chinese policy process in
particular has expanded remarkably over the last four decades. Where earlier studies were …

Over more than thirty years of reform and opening, the Chinese Communist Party has
pursued the gradual marketization of China's economy alongside the preservation of a …

China's historical civilization developed largely independently of European influence (Dirlik
1996). Its remarkable peace, prosperity and demographic growth during the early eighteenth …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book deals with East, Southeast, South, and Central Asia, not …

The economic reforms since 1978 have transformed the planned economy into a market
economy and have brought with them profound changes in every corner of Chinese life …

US-Russia ballistic missile defense (BMD) cooperation can improve strategic stability
between both countries, but this cooperation would pose a potential threat to China's …

The post-Mao reform era that began in 1978 represented a rupture in the political system
that had defined the Maoist period, and it changed the patterns of social development …