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1. China's Information and Communications Technology Revolution

   Social changes and state responses

   Edited by Xiaoling Zhang, Yongnian Zheng

   Series: China Policy Series

   In recent years, China has experienced a revolution in information and communications technology (ICT), in 2003 surpassing the USA as the world’s largest telephone market, and as of February 2008, the number of Chinese Internet users has become the largest in the world. At the same time, China...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
2. China and International Relations

   The Chinese View and the Contribution of Wang Gungwu

   Edited by Zheng Yongnian

   Series: China Policy Series

   Despite Beijing’s repeated assurance that China’s rise will be "peaceful", the United States, Japan and the European Union as well as many of China's Asian neighbours feel uneasy about the rise of China. Although China’s rise could be seen as inevitable, it remains uncertain as to how a politically...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Chinese Communist Party as Organizational Emperor

   Culture, reproduction, and transformation

   By Zheng Yongnian

   Series: China Policy Series

   The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the largest and one of the most powerful, political organizations in the world today, which has played a crucial role in initiating most of the major reforms of the past three decades in China. China’s rapid rise has enabled the CCP to extend its influence...

   Published November 29th 2009 by Routledge
4. China and the New International Order

   Edited by Wang Gungwu, Zheng Yongnian

   Series: China Policy Series

   This book explores China's place in the ‘new international order’, from both the international perspective and from the perspective within China. It discusses how far the new international order, as outlined by George Bush in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the liberation of Kuwait...

   Published October 18th 2009 by Routledge
5. Politics of Modern China

   Edited by Yongnian Zheng, Yiyi Lu, Lynn T. White III

   Series: Critical Issues in Modern Politics

   After nearly three decades of rapid economic development, China is now a major power whose actions can significantly affect other countries, from America to Zimbabwe. As a result, China Studies has grown exponentially. In particular, there is a growing interest in studies of Chinese politics, not...

   Published September 28th 2009 by Routledge
6. China's Opening Society

   The Non-State Sector and Governance

   Edited by Zheng Yongnian, Joseph Fewsmith

   Series: China Policy Series

   Despite its recent rapid economic growth, China’s political system has remained resolutely authoritarian. However, an increasingly open economy is creating the infrastructure for an open society, with the rise of a non-state sector in which a private economy, non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...

   Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge
7. The Chinese Communist Party in Reform

   Edited by Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard, Zheng Yongnian

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the Party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of leadership, has revitalised itself, and created...

   Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge