Based on documentary materials including interviews with key players in China, this book charts the development of non-governmental and non-profit organizations in China from the…

After decades of near silence on the matter, sex is being talked about in China. But what is being said? Who is allowed to speak?…

Central Asia and Xinjiang – the far north-western province of China – are of increasing international importance. The United States, having established military bases in…

With China’s rise to the status of world power, trade and political links between Africa and China have been escalating at an astonishing rate. Sino-African…

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) infringement is so rampant in China that counterfeit goods - from general household merchandise, garments and media consumables to specialist products…

China’s emergence in the 21^st century to the status of great power has significant implications for its relationship with the United States, the sole superpower…

Through analyses of a wide range of Chinese literary and visual texts from the beginning of the twentieth century through the contemporary period, the thirteen…

In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of…

This book examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of China’s rise and globalization after…