China Books

New and Published Books

1. China's Development Challenges

   Economic Vulnerability and Public Sector Reform

   By Richard Schiere

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   This book argues that a major potential source of social tension in transition and developing countries is not poverty as such, but vulnerability: that is, the risk of becoming poor. It demonstrates how in China many of the recent reforms to the public sector, such as decentralisation from central...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Agricultural Development in China and Africa

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan, Guo Zhanfeng, Wu Jin

   Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. Hainan - State, Society, and Business in a Chinese Province

   By Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard

   Series: China Policy Series

   This book examines the complex relationship between the state, society and business in China, focusing on the experience of the island province of Hainan. This island, for many years a provincial backwater, was given provincial rank in 1988 and became the testing ground for experiments of an...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. China and Globalization

   The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society, 3rd Edition

   By Doug Guthrie

   Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009! In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the...

   Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. China's Rise in the World ICT Industry

   Industrial Strategies and the Catch-Up Development Model

   By Lutao Ning

   Series: China Policy Series

   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 world's largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) exporter, having overtaken Japan and the European Union in 2003 and the United States...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
6. Politics and Markets in Rural China

   Edited by Björn Alpermann

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Thirty years have passed since the beginning of the reform era in China which saw important changes in agriculture and rural organizations, but it is clear that certain entrenched legacies from pre-reform China still linger on even after WTO accession, most importantly the key role played by state...

   Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge
7. China and Africa Development Relations

   Edited by Christopher M. Dent

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China is among a number of large developing country or new powers on the ascendance in the international system, all of which are deepening their economic relations with Africa However, China is the largest and most powerful of this group. it has sought closer economic relationships with other...

   Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge
8. Tourism and Tibetan Culture in Transition

   A Place called Shangrila

   By Ashild Kolas

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book explores the relationship between tourism, culture and ethnic identity in Tibet in , focusing in particular on Shangrila, a Tibetan region in Southwest China, to show how local ‘Tibetan culture’ is reconstructed as a marketable commodity for tourists. It analyses the socio-economic...

   Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
9. Small Town China

   Rural Labour and Social Inclusion

   By Beatriz Carrillo Garcia

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   While much has been written about rural migrant workers’ experiences in the big cities, population movements into China’s vast network of towns and small cities has been largely neglected. This book presents a detailed case study of rural migrant workers experiences in a small town in a north China...

   Published April 12th 2011 by Routledge
10. Economic Development and Inequality in China

    The Case of Guangdong

    By Hong Yu

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The conventional belief that all regions have equally benefited from China’s remarkable development over the last three decades is subjected to criticism in this book as Hong Yu systematically analyses the issue of regional inequality during the post-1978 period using the case of Guangdong....

    Published October 20th 2010 by Routledge