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Title

The China questions : critical insights into a rising power / edited by Jennifer Rudolph, Michael Szonyi.

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
• ©2018.

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Additional Authors

• Rudolph, Jennifer M.
• Szonyi, Michael
• Saich, Tony
• Perkins, Dwight H. (Dwight Heald), 1934-
• Kirby, William C.
• Rithmire, Meg E., 1982-
• Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.

Description

xi, 337 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

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 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.--

Subject

• Since 2000
• Environmental policy > China
• Civilization
• Diplomatic relations
• Economic history
• Environmental policy
• Forecasting
• Politics and government
• Social conditions
• China > Forecasting
• China > Politics and government > 2002-
• China > Foreign relations > 21st century
• China > Economic conditions > 2000-
• China > Social conditions > 2000-
• China > Civilization > 2002-
• China

Note

• "In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• I. Politics: Is the Chinese communist regime legitimate? / Elizabeth J. Perry -- Can fighting corruption save the party? / Joseph Fewsmith -- Does Mao still matter? / Roderick MacFarquhar -- What is the source of ethnic tension in China? / Mark Elliott -- What should we know about public opinion in China? / Ya-Wen Lei -- What does longevity mean for leadership in China? / Arunabh Ghosh -- Can the Chinese Communist Party learn from Chinese emperors? / Yuhua Wang -- II. International relations: Will China lead Asia? / Odd Arne Westad -- How strong are China's armed forces? / Andrew S. Erickson -- What does the rise of China mean for the United States? / Robert S. Ross -- Is Chinese exceptionalism undermining China's foreign policy interests? / Alistair Iain Johnston -- (When) will Taiwan reunify with the mainland? / Steven M. Goldstein -- Can China and Japan ever get along? / Ezra F. Vogel -- III. Economy: Can China's high growth continue? / Richard N. Cooper --^
• Is the Chinese economy headed toward a hard landing? / Dwight H. Perkins -- Will urbanization save the Chinese economy or destroy it? / Meg Rithmire -- Is China keeping its promises on trade? / Mark Wu -- How do China's new rich give back? / Tony Saich -- What can China teach us about fighting poverty? / Nara Dillon -- IV. Environment: Can China address air pollution and climate change? / Michael B. McElroy -- Is there environmental awareness in China? / Karen Thornber -- V. Society: Why does the end of the one-child policy matter? / Susan Greenhalgh -- How are China and its middle class handling aging and mental health? / Arthur Kleinman -- How important is religion in China? / James Robson -- Will there be another Dalai Lama? / Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp -- Does law matter in China? / William P. Alford -- Why do so many Chinese students come to the United States? / William C. Kirby -- VI. History and culture: Who is Confucius in today's China? / Michael Puett --^
• Where did the Silk Road come from? / Rowan Flad -- Why do intellectuals matter to Chinese politics? / Peter K. Bol -- Why do classic Chinese novels matter? / Wai-yee Li -- How have Chinese writers imagined China's future? / David Der-wei Wang -- Has Chinese propaganda won hearts and minds? / Jie Li -- Why is it still so hard to talk about the Cultural Revolution? / Xiaofei Tian -- What is the future of China's past? / Stephen Owen -- How has the study of China changed in the last sixty years? / Paul A. Cohen.

ISBN

• 9780674979406
• 0674979400

LCCN

^^2017023762

OCLC

• 993601602
• SCSB-11503960

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library