What legacies have previous reformers like Zhao Ziyang left to today’s China? Does China have feasible political alternatives to today’s repressive ‘market Leninism’ and corrupt…

One of the more commonly and widely held beliefs outside the People’s Republic of China about the changes wrought by the reform era is that…

Since the handover to the People's Republic of China in 1999 Macao has undergone a multi-faceted transformation marked by persistent bureaucratic reforms, changing patterns and…

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…

Since China began an era of market reform three decades ago, many Westerners believed that, political liberalization and, eventually, democracy would follow. However, contrary to…

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…

This is the first examination of how China is currently dealing with environmental problems and challenges, and of its successes, failures and dilemmas.

This new…

Drawing on the most up-to-date sources, this book provides an in-depth examination of Russia’s relations with China and Japan, the two Asia-Pacific superpowers-in-waiting. For Russia…

As the Chinese Communist Party continues to move away from socialism, it faces a growing number of challenges to the claim that it represents the…

On July 1^st, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated the 10^th anniversary of its return to the People’s Republic of China, but the past decade has been…