This reissue (1996) provides an in-depth analysis of the development of the Chinese
university during the twentieth century–a period of momentous social, economic, cultural …

This text examines all facets of corruption: meaning, incidence, monetary value, the kinds of
goods exchanged, the perpetrators and their strategies, in China since 1949. It explores the …

Triggered by globalisation and the increasing media convergence enabled by digital
communication technologies, fansubbing has become one of the most observable aspects …

An analysis of the Chinese Communist Party from the time of Deng Xiaoping's return to
power in 1978 to his resignation from his last major party post in the wake of the 1989 …

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 …

One of the most talked-about topics among Chinese intellectuals and Western China
observers in the past few years has been the six-part television series Heshang (River …

Although for the last two decades Ukraine has been trying to reform institutional care as a
child-rearing practice breaching the rights of the child, this type of care is still prevailing and …

Globalization is a universal social phenomenon which has interested many sociologists for
over two decades. Of the contemporary competing views, Wallerstein and his colleagues …

During the disordered Eastern Zhou, Confucius 孑し子 (551-479 BCE) once re marked that if
he could properly conduct an ancient state ritual, he could turn the world as easily as the …

The main thrust of this research is to explore Mao Zedong's world view from his youth to
Yanan (1941), a relatively neglected period in academic circles. A thorough examination of …