John Bryan Starr, "Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 0809016516 | 2010 | 448 pages | AZW3 | 1477 KB
In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book-now revised and updated for the new century-Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future.

The Rise of Modern China By Immanuel C.Y. Hsu
1999 | 1136 Pages | ISBN: 0195125045 | PDF | 55 MB
Now in its sixth edition, this book has been updated to examine the return of Hong Kong in 1997 and the upcoming return of Macao in 1999. Hsü discusses the end of the last vestiges of foreign imperialism in China, as well as China's emergence as a regional and global superpower. U.S.-China rivalry and the prospect of unification between China and Taiwan are also considered.

The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy by Daniel A. Bell
English | June 2, 2015 | ISBN: 0691166455, 0691173044 | True EPUB | 336 pages | 2.2 MB
How China's political model could prove to be a viable alternative to Western democracy

Victor Teo, "Japan's Island Troubles with China and Korea: Prospects and Challenges for Resolution "
English | ISBN: 1138085235 | 2018 | 149 pages | EPUB | 571 KB
This book examines the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute between Japan and China and the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute between Japan and Korea, in order to offer new perspectives on the possible approaches towards amelioration and resolution of these conflicts.

Fodor's, "Fodor's China Ed 8"
English | ISBN: 0770432093 | 2013 | 720 pages | EPUB | 19 MB
Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of China, including Beijing's Forbidden City, Hong Kong's harbor views, the Silk Road's walled towns, and Yunnan's forests and gorges. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it's your first trip or your fifth. [308 vs 278]

China Internet Development Report 2020: Blue Book for World Internet Conference
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811699003 | 219 Pages | PDF (True) | 4 MB
This book systematically summarizes the development process of China Internet in 2020, reveals the strong impact of Internet on China's economic development and social progress, and displays the course of the Chinese people's changes from beneficiary and participant to builder, contributor, and joint maintainer of cyberspace development and security during the Internet development; objectively reflects the development achievements, development status, and development trend of China Internet in 2020, systematically summarizes the main experience in the development of China Internet, and deeply analyzes China's strategic planning, policy actions, development results, practical level and future trend in information infrastructure, network information technology, digital economy, E-government, construction and management of network contents, network security, legal construction of cyberspace, international cyberspace governance, and other aspects; further improves the index system for the development of China Internet and makes an overall assessment of network security and informatization work in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) throughout China from 6 aspects, in the hope of reflecting the Internet development level throughout China and individual places comprehensively and accurately.

China Engages Latin America: Tracing the Trajectory By Adrian Hearn, Jose Luis Leon-Manriquez, Adrian H. Hearn (editor), Jose Luis Leon-Manriguez (editor)
2011 | 250 Pages | ISBN: 1588267679 | PDF | 2 MB
While the United States is preoccupied with the Middle East, what inroads is China making into Latin America? In China Engages Latin America, experts from three continents provide local answers to this global question.The authors explore the multiple motivations driving the establishment of new Sino Latin American linkages, the nature of those linkages, and the reactions that they have generated (not least, in the US). Enriching their analysis, they also examine how China Latin America relations have developed over more than two hundred years. The result is a work that deals with key issues of broad regional relevance, as well as country-specific political, economic, and cultural concerns.

Aspects of the Tectonic Evolution of China by J. Malpas
English | 2004-01-01 | ISBN: 1862391564 | Pages: 362 | PDF | 53.1 MB
The subject of this Special Publication is one of the most interesting in global geoscience, the tectonic evolution of China. The assemblage of terranes that underlie this part of the world provides outstanding opportunities to elucidate global processes, and many of the factors that shape the Earth's lithosphere are best exemplified by the geology of China and immediately adjacent areas.

Mending Fences: The Evolution of Moscow's China Policy from Brezhnev to Yeltsin By Elizabeth Wishnick
2001 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 0295981288 | PDF | 2 MB
Mending Fences illuminates the forces driving Moscow's China policy, from the Ussuri River clashes in 1969 to the "strategic partnership" of the 1990s. Elizabeth Wishnick, noted expert on the Russia and China, analyzes the efforts of Soviet leaders simultaneously to maintain their supremacy in the international communist movement, defend their borders from a perceived China threat, and ensure the compliance of regional authorities in enforcing China policy.Although a consensus in favor of containing China prevailed within the Moscow policy community throughout the 1970s, major shifts in China policy came with changes in the Soviet leadership, most notably in the mid-1980s. As many Russians became disenchanted with Western models of market democracy and with their country's sharply curtailed role in international affairs in the post-Soviet era, the Yeltsin administration touted a growing "strategic partnership" with China.Wishnick outlines the successes of Russian-Chinese cooperation and analyzes the main barriers to full-scale partnership, including historical grievances, limited economic ties, tensions in regional relations. Despite ongoing efforts by Russian and Chinese leaders to resolve these issues, she concludes that the future of the Sino-Russian partnership will depend on an unpredictable interplay of forces of domestic and international change.Mending Fences is the result of a decade of research in Moscow, Beijing, and the regions along the Russo-Chinese border. Fluent in Russian and Chinese, the author has drawn on recently declassified documents from the archives of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, the Soviet Foreign Ministry, the KGB, and the Khabarovsk Regional Communist Party; numerous interviews with influential Russian and Chinese officials and scholars; and regional and national periodicals and books from both Russia and China.The first work in recent years to analyze Russian-Chinese relations from Moscow's perspective, Mending Fences is a necessary addition to the literature on the late Cold War era and the strategic triangle between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China.

China, Cultural Heritage, and International Law By Hui Zhong
2019 | 220 Pages | ISBN: 0367890453 | PDF | 2 MB
China is a country that is rich in antiquities, but it is also a victim of looting that occurred during the period from the First Opium War to the end of the Japanese Occupation (1840-1945) when innumerable cultural objects were lost overseas. The Chinese Government insists on asserting its interest over its wrongfully removed cultural heritage and has sought for the return of lost cultural heritage by all means in accordance with relevant international conventions and Chinese laws. However, securing the return has been, and continues to be, problematic. Little research has been done regarding the question as to whether China has a legal basis for recovery, which is the first legal hurdle that China needs to get over. In addition, China does not have a legal basis for all cultural heritage taken during the period of 1840-1945. Claims for return without a legal basis are usually silenced or, at best, discussed only but very rarely facilitated.This book provides an answer for the return of Chinese cultural heritage. It examines the law contemporaneous to the removal of Chinese cultural heritage and its application. For this lack of a legal basis, this book argues that a new customary international law is emerging, according to which the interests of the states of origin in their wrongfully removed heritage should be prioritised. This proposed customary rule supports the return of wrongfully removed heritage. Once this proposed customary rule is accepted, it will provide a stronger argument not only for China, but also for other states of origin with a similar dilemma, including South Korea, Egypt, Greece, Cambodia, Turkey, Peru, and Italy, to recover their wrongfully removed heritage. While dealing with a large pool of return cases, this book is valuable to museums and art collectors in the event of buying and accepting art objects, and settling recovery disputes with states of origin. It will also be of interest