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…

The dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that it is simply a matter of time before it comes to…

China’s economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour, especially in the export industries. In recent years, however, there has been growing concern…

As China’s political and economic influence in the world is rapidly increasing, it is essential to understand how China’s domestic politics affects its foreign political…

This book examines the status of trade unions in contemporary China, exploring the degree to which trade unions have been reformed as China is increasingly…

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…

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 remarkable changes in China over the past three decades are mostly considered at the national level, whereas local government – which has played and…

One of the most striking phenomena of China’s remarkable economic growth is that its huge volume of exports are becoming high-tech. China is now the…

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…