The China Questions

Critical Insights Into a Rising Power
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-674-97940-6
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 559 g

Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked. In only a few decades, the most populous country on Earth has moved from relative isolation to center stage. Thirty-six of the world’s leading China experts—all affiliates of the renowned Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University—answer key questions about where this new superpower is headed and what makes its people and their leaders tick. They distill a lifetime of cutting-edge scholarship into short, accessible essays about Chinese identity, culture, environment, society, history, or policy. Can China’s economic growth continue apace? Can China embrace the sacrifices required for a clean environment? Will Taiwan reunite with the mainland? How do the Chinese people understand their position in today’s global marketplace? How do historical setbacks and traditional values inform China’s domestic and foreign policy? Some of the essays address issues of importance to China internally, revolving around the Communist Party’s legitimacy, the end of the one-child policy, and ethnic tensions. Others focus on China’s relationship with other nations, particularly the United States. If America pulls back from its Asian commitments, how will China assert its growing strength in the Pacific region? China has already captured the world’s attention. The China Questions takes us behind media images and popular perceptions to provide insight on fundamental issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rudolph, Jennifer

Szonyi, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Über Autor(innen)

Rudolph, Jennifer
Jennifer Rudolph is author of <i>Negotiated Power in Late Imperial China: The Zongli Yamen and the Politics of Reform</i> and coeditor of <i>The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power</i>. She is Professor of Asian History and International/Global Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Szonyi, Michael
Michael Szonyi is author of <i>The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China</i> and <i>Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line</i> and coeditor of <i>The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power</i>. He is Frank Wen-hsiung Wu Professor of Chinese History and Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.