Jacques deLisle, Avery Goldstein, "China's Challenges"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0812223128 | PDF | pages: 326 | 2.4 mb
When the "fifth generation" of Communist Party leaders in China assumed top political positions in 2012-2013, they took the helm of a country that has achieved remarkable economic growth, political stability, and international influence. Yet China today confronts challenges at least as daunting as any it has faced since the reform era began in the late 1970s. In November 2013, the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee announced ambitious reforms to address vital issues, such as giving market forces a "decisive role" in the economy, strengthening the social safety net, assigning greater weight to factors other than economic growth and social order in evaluating local officials, promoting urbanization, and relaxing the "one child" policy.
Fanbin Zeng, "Social Mentality and Public Opinion in China "
English | ISBN: 1032450339 | 2023 | 198 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book explores the relationship between social mentality, public opinion, media, and other factors through mixed methods in China, especially since the 21st century.
Shipwreck Archaeology in China Sea by Jianzhong Song
English | EPUB | 2022 | 290 Pages | ISBN : 9811686742 | 141.9 MB
This book initiatively and systematically presents the latest discoveries in the context of shipwreck archaeology in China, telling the exciting story of the wrecks' distribution, connotation and the research advances and empirically reconstructing the development of overseas trade and maritime cultures along the Maritime Silk Road, which flourished for more than 2000 years. The book features numerous high-quality images and comprehensively describes and reviews the development of the methodologies and technologies used in China's underwater archaeology and underwater cultural heritage administration in recent decades.
Chunfeng Lin, "Red Tourism in China "
English | ISBN: 1032139609 | 2022 | 202 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This book analyzes the phenomenally profitable "Red Tourism" industry in China, in which visitors make pilgrimages to sites of historical significance to the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Revolution.
China's Foreign Investment Law in the New Normal: Framing the Trajectory and Dynamics
English | 2023 | ISBN: 036767257X | 540 Pages | PDF (True) | 6 MB
This book analyzes China's new foreign investment law which came into force in January 2020. The new law implemented sweeping changes and overhauled China's foreign investment law regime of the last four decades. The foreign investment law aims to make the business environment more investor-friendly and address some of the contentious issues between US and China in the ongoing trade war.
Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino, "Violence, Discourse, and Politics in China's Uyghur Region "
English | ISBN: 1032311037 | 2022 | 262 pages | PDF | 20 MB
This book investigates how Uyghur-related violent conflict and Uyghur ethnic minority identity, religion, and the Xinjiang region, more broadly, became constituted as a 'terrorism' problem for the Chinese state.
The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection By Pei-kai Cheng (editor), Michael Lestz (editor), Jonathan Spence (editor)
1999 | 560 Pages | ISBN: 0393973727 | PDF | 13 MB
This collection of primary source documents--many translated into English for the first time and available only in this book--gather proclamations, treaties, laws, and other public acts with pieces reflecting everyday life, family, social networks, and culture. Informative headnotes accompany the selections, helping readers with unfamiliar names, places, and events. With a chapter organization mirroring that of The Search for Modern China, this collection is the perfect supplement, providing a first-hand look at the modern Chinese society.
Qi Duan, "The Indigenization of Christianity in China III "
English | ISBN: 1032384611 | 2022 | 236 pages | PDF | 14 MB
As the third volume of a three-volume set on the indigenization of Christianity in modern China, this book analyzes the endeavors of Christianity in adapting to the changing social environment between the late 1920s and the end of the twentieth century.
Roel Sterckx, "The Animal and the Daemon in Early China"
English | 2018 | pages: 388 | ISBN: 0791452700, 0791452697 | PDF | 5,8 mb
Explores early Chinese beliefs regarding the animal world and how these informed ideals of sagehood and political authority.
Ao Wang, "Spatial Imaginaries in Mid-Tang China: Geography, Cartography, and Literature"
English | 2018 | pages: 371 | ISBN: 1604979410 | PDF | 8,3 mb
This book is in the Cambria Sinophone World Series, headed by Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania).