"Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia is a timely contribution to the ongoing attempts to understand a central facet of Buddhist religious practice, and will be a significant work for academics and students in the fields of Buddhist Studies, Asian Studies, and East Asian Religions.…
Aging in China Implications to Social Policy of a Changing Economic State Sheying Chen and Jason L. Powell, editors China's elder population is on the rise--at a faster rate than anywhere else on the globe, and with fewer young people to support them. These statistics are of no …
2e et 3e de couv.: Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today's foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country's rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did …
After three decades of reign, Mao left China a structurally rigid and functionally inefficient economy. The imperative for systemic transformation was self-evident. By 2009, China's nominal GDP reached $4.9 trillion. Its 2010 foreign reserve is in excess of $2.4 trillion. China …
Foreword - Stephen Krasner * Taiwan's Political Development and US-China Relations - Jean-Pierre Cabestan * The "ASL" as the "Anti-TRA": The Impact of China's Anti-Secession Law on U.S. Relations with Taiwan - John J. Tkacik, Jr. * The TRA, Cross-Strait Relations, and Sino-U.S R…
Case study of the taching petroleum industry complex in China as a model of economic development implementing maoist ideology - includes references.
by Hu, Angang
fromThornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series
"Explains how China, as the world's largest emerging market, will impact global economic growth, FDI flows, energy consumption, climate change, and other arenas, with a proposed strategic framework that would guide the country's rise while maximizing positive impacts and minimiz…
