Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: East Asia as an alternative modernity? -- 2 Restoring Tang splendour? A critical historical assessment of China's new aspirational narrative of global leadership -- 3 CPC elit…
Introduction -- Restoring Tang splendour? : a critical historical assessment of China's new aspirational narrative of global leadership -- CPC elite perception of the US since the early 1990s : Zheng Bijian, Wang Huning and Liu Mingfu as test cases -- The "Singapore fever" in Ch…
"Analysts generally agree that, in the long term, the biggest challenge to American hegemony is not military, but rather China's economic rise. This perception is spread in no small measure because Xi Jinping has--in the face of patent military inferiority--conducted himself muc…
"Analysts generally agree that, in the long term, the biggest challenge to American hegemony is not military, but rather China's economic rise. This perception is spread in no small measure because Xi Jinping has - in the face of patent military inferiority - conducted himself m…
This book introduces readers to the current social and economic state of China since its restructuring in 1949.-Provides insights into the targeted institutional change that is occurring simultaneously across the entire country -Presents context-rich accounts of how and why thes…
Chapter Three State Rescaling, Policy Experimentation and Path-dependency in post-Mao China: A Dynamic Analytical FrameworkIntroduction; State Rescaling and Socioeconomic Reforms in Post-Mao China: A Critical Overview; Framing State Rescaling, Policy Experimentation and Institut…