Books for Chinese Studies Courses

Charting China's Future

Domestic and International Challenges

Edited by David Shambaugh

Every day and everywhere, China figures prominently in global attention: companies and banks weigh billions in investments; hedge fund managers assess and speculate on downside risks; commodity traders and natural resource producers salivate over China’s energy appetite; intelligence agencies...

Published June 29th 2011 by Routledge

Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese

Challenges to Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World

By Edward McDonald

Series: Asia's Transformations

In this book Edward McDonald takes a fresh look at issues of language in Chinese studies. He takes the viewpoint of the university student of Chinese with the ultimate goal of becoming 'sinophone': that is, developing a fluency and facility at operating in Chinese-language contexts comparable to...

Published February 6th 2011 by Routledge

Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience

The Quest for an Adequate Life

Edited by Everett Zhang, Arthur Kleinman, Weiming Tu

China has experienced a tremendous turn-around over the past three decades from the ethos of sacrificing life to the emergent appeal for valuing life. This book takes an interdisciplinary look at China during these decades of transformation through the defining theme of governance of life....

Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge

Hong Kong

Becoming a Chinese Global City

By Stephen Chiu, Tai-Lok Lui

Series: Asia's Transformations/Asia's Great Cities

Hong Kong is a small city with a big reputation. As mainland China has become an 'economic powerhouse' Hong Kong has taken a route of development of its own, flourishing as an entrepot and a centre of commerce and finance for Chinese business, then as an industrial city and subsequently a regional...

Published June 3rd 2009 by Routledge

Contemporary China - An Introduction

By Michael Dillon

This book presents a concise introduction to contemporary China. It is intended as a first book for those coming new to the subject, providing the essential information that most people need to know, without going into excessive detail. Its coverage includes the economy, society, politics and...

Published November 18th 2008 by Routledge

China Watching

Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States

Edited by Robert Ash, David Shambaugh, Seiichiro Takagi

China Watching analyzes the state of European, Japanese and American scholarship on China over the last decade. The international team of contributors explore the main subjects and trends in research being done on contemporary Chinese politics, economy, foreign affairs and security studies. They...

Published November 20th 2006 by Routledge