China category: 3065 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. East Asia has become a major hub for global trade. At the center of this East Asian factory are three nations-China, Japan, and South Korea-which have benefited the most economically. Yet,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait have increased the likelihood that China would use force in a crisis over the status of Taiwan. This paper argues that a coercive campaign is the most...
Peasants and Revolution in Rural China
Rural Political Change in the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta, 1850-1949
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2007
This book explores rural political change in China from 1850 to 1949 to help us understand China’s transformation from a weak, decaying agrarian empire to a unified, strong nation-state during this period.
Based on local gazetteers, contemporary field studies, government archives, personal...
Defining and Defending the Open Door Policy
Theodore Roosevelt and China, 1901–1909
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
There has been little examination of the China policy of the Theodore Roosevelt administration. Works dealing with the topic fall either into brief discussions in biographies of Roosevelt, general surveys of Sino-American relations, or studies of special topics, such as the Chinese exclusion issue,...
Thirty Years of China - U.S. Relations
Analytical Approaches and Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
The year 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of normalization of Sino-U.S. relations. Over the past 30 years, the bilateral relations have developed by twists and turns. It is not until recent years that some stability and forward-looking exchanges have returned to the central stage, albeit tension, grievances,...
China's Great Leap
The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
With contributions from some of the most well respected and experienced Chinese writers, journalists, and organizers, China’s Great Leap examines the People’s Republic of China as its government and 1.3 billion people prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. When Beijing first sought the Games, China...
Clash of Empires in South China
The Allied Nations' Proxy War with Japan, 1935-1941
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
Japan's invasion of China in 1937 saw most major campaigns north of the Yangtze River, where Chinese industry was concentrated. The southern theater proved a more difficult challenge for Japan because of its enormous size, diverse terrain, and poor infrastructure, but Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek...
by Funky Chicken
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
A brilliant collection of hilariously poignant true stories illustrate what China teaches us about happiness, wealth, love, power, and getting what you want. Based on a successful, witty blog by a Chinese-American expatriate in Shanghai, these impactful insights loved by worldwide readers illuminate...
by Su Su Li
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? In The Constitution of Ancient China, Su Li, China's most influential legal theorist, examines the ways in which a series of fundamental...
China's Business Reforms
Institutional Challenges in a Globalised Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
China's recent economic reforms have led to impressive growth, and an unprecedented enthusiasm for establishing foreign enterprises in China. Since 1993, China has been the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world and is now considered to be the world's third biggest economy....
Japan's Development Aid to China
The Long-Running Foreign Policy of Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Paradoxically, Japan provides massive amounts of development aid to China, despite Japan's clear perception of China as a prime competitor in the Asia-Pacific region.
This clearly written and comprehensive volume provides an overview of the way Japan's aid to China has developed since 1979....
Future in Retrospect
China's Diplomatic History Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
What were the new People's Republic of China's policies to the Universal Postal Union in its early years? How did they help China promote its national interests in the world stage? Why did China train Albanian interns in the Cold War? Was it out of "communist fraternity" or was it part of...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) appears to have conceded that environmental issues are an area in which people may publicly challenge governmental and commercial actions;...
What China and India Once Were
The Pasts That May Shape the Global Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
In the early years of the twenty-first century, China and India have emerged as world powers. In many respects, this is a return to the historical norm for both countries. For much of the early modern period, China and India were global leaders in a variety of ways. In this book, prominent scholars...