Interpreting China's Development

By: Gungwu Wang (Editor), John Wong (Editor)

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In Interpreting China's Development, leading experts on China provide an overview of this growing superpower, highlighting key issues in the country's political, economic and social development.Underpinned by up-to-date scholarly research yet written in a readable and concise style, this volume of over 40 short chapters offers a very accessible way to understanding the major events and dominant issues that had emerged in China over the last few decades. The essays are grouped under four thematic sections - challenges of governance, growth and structural changes, coping with rising social problems and relations with major powers and neighbours - covering salient topics such as the emerging mode of leadership succession, sustainability of China's high growth, widening inequalities, environmental crisis and the external impact of China's rise.Non-specialists in particular, should find this volume useful in keeping up with China's fast changing developments.

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Introduction	p. xiii
The Challenges of Governance
Survey Chapter
Responding to Challenges and Problems of Governance	p. 3
Topical Chapters
The Dynamics of Elite Politics in China	p. 11
How Did the Hu-Wen Leadership Consolidate Its Power?	p. 16
The Chinese Communist Party in Rapid Transformation	p. 20
The Party and the Media: Control versus Change	p. 25
Political Reforms First, Democracy Later?	p. 30
The Struggle against Corruption	p. 38
Managing China's Civil Servants	p. 44
Can Beijing Still Dictate Local Polities?	p. 48
Towards the Rule of Law	p. 53
The Party and the Gun: Civil-Military Relations	p. 57
The PLA in Transformation	p. 62
Hong Kong and Macau under One Country, Two Systems	p. 67
Chen Shui-bian: Taiwan's Lame Duck President	p. 72
What to Expect from the 17th Party Congress	p. 77
Growth and Structural Changes
Survey Chapter
China's Major Economic Challenge: Sustaining High Growth Whilst Fixing Its Growth Problems	p. 83
Topical Chapters
China's Twin Surpluses	p. 97
Explaining High Productivity Growth	p. 103
The 11th Five-Year Programme	p. 108
China's Drive to Become a Technological Power	p. 113
Banking Reforms to Meet WTO Obligations	p. 118
Reforming State-Owned Enterprises	p. 123
Rise of China's Auto Industry	p. 128
The Political Economy of Urban and Regional Development	p. 134
Shanghai's Mega Port in Yangshan	p. 139
China's Energy Outlook	p. 145
Coping with Rising Social Problems
Survey Chapters
Social Dilemmas of High Economic Growth	p. 153
What is China's San-Nong (Rural) Problem?	p. 160
Topical Chapters
Growth and Widening Inequalities	p. 168
Reforming Hukou to Protect Migrant Labour	p. 174
Building a New Social Safety Net	p. 179
China Facing an Environmental Crisis	p. 184
China's Cultural Development	p. 189
China's Booming Higher Education	p. 194
China's Emerging Middle-Class	p. 198
Haigui in China's Modernisation	p. 202
China's Relations with Major Powers and its Neighbours
Survey Chapter
Featuring "Harmonious World' for "Peaceful Rise"	p. 209
Topical Chapters
China and US: A Pivotal but Uncertain Relationship	p. 218
Managing Difficult Relations with Japan	p. 223
Facing a More Assertive and Nationalistic Japan	p. 227
China and South Korea in Their Dealings with North Korea	p. 223
Seeking Closer Cooperation with Post-Suharto Indonesia	p. 237
Malaysia's Relations with China: From Mahathir to Badawi	p. 241
China's Special Relationship with Singapore	p. 245
EU and China: Heading towards Bumpy Relations	p. 251
China's Growing Influence in Africa	p. 256
Index	p. 261
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