China Watching

Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States

By: Robert Ash (Editor), David Shambaugh (Editor), Seiichiro Takagi (Editor)

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Paperback | 21 November 2006 | Edition Number 1

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China is the most rapidly and dramatically changing society in the world. Consequently, China Watchers have never been in higher demand to analyze and interpret it for multiple audiences. This book assesses the scholarship of China Watchers from Europe, Japan and the United States over the last decade in three specific areas, the Chinese economy, Chinese domestic politics, and China's foreign relations and national security. Contributions from leading experts in the field contrast the different research foci, methodologies and conclusions that are drawn by Sinologists regarding the complexities of contemporary China. Debates such as the sustainability of China's economic growth, the prospects for political change, the degree to which China constitutes a "threat" to the world with its heightened international profile and military modernization, and other issues are all hotly debated among China Watchers worldwide. China Watching provides a unique insight into the world of China studies as well as China itself, and will appeal to those with an interest in Chinese politics, economics, foreign policy and security studies. Book jacket.

Industry Reviews

'The book provides an illuminating map of ... three fields of contemporary China studies, and will be of great interest to specialists seeking new ideas and insights on how their work fits into the broader trends on contemporary China studies.' - Robert Sutter, The China Journal, No 58, July 2007

'The whole book repays careful reading, but for those short of time the papers by Cabestan, Obashi and Baum should not be missed. Their virtue is that they combine valuable descriptions of what is happening with particularly good explanations of the structural factors shaping their fields' - Christopher Howe, The China Quarterly, 196, December 2008

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