1st Edition

Sustainable Development in China

Edited By Curtis Andressen, A.R. Mubarak, Xiaoyi Wang Copyright 2013
272 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Over the past three decades, China’s economic structure, direction and international presence have undergone a dramatic transformation. This rapid rise and China’s enormous success in economic terms has created new challenges, and this book examines how the Chinese economy can continue to flourish, whilst at the same time protecting the environment and giving people more equal access to the... Read more

1. Introduction, Curtis Andressen  Part 1: Sustainability of Chinese Society 2. Sustaining the Dragon: International Relations Theory and the Rise of China, Martin Griffiths 3. Unsustainable Economic Interdependence: Two Asia-Pacific Examples, Richard Leaver 4. China’s Cities: Reflecting on the Last 25 years, Dean Forbes 5. Social Security for an Aging Society: The Experience of Australia and China, Andrew Watson 6. Education and Change in China Today, Zhou Guan Qi and Curtis Andressen 7. Sustainable Development and Health Care Reform in China, Shen Yajun and Arthur Van Deth 8. Malpractice of Chinese News Media: Grassroots Professionals Trapped in Three Paradoxes, Xie Baohui and Mobo Gao 9. Building the Micro-Foundation of China's Sustainable Economic Development: Share-holder Oriented Corporate Governance Reform & the Performance of Chinese Publicly Traded Companies, Yang Dian  Part 2: Sustainability of the Environment in China 10. Sustainable Development - A Way Forward or an Illusion? Don Clifton 11. Developing Sustainable Societies: Challenges and Perspectives, Simon Marsden 12. Addressing Climate Change in China: Challenges and Opportunities, Wang Mou, Jiahua Pan and Ruiying Zhang 13. How Climage Change Affected the Herders’ Livelihood in a Semi-arid Pastoral Community, Wang Xiaoyi and Zhang Qian 14. English for Environmental Protection in China, Jeffrey Gil and Han Lin 15. Conclusion, Wang Xiaoyi

Biography

Curtis Andressen is Associate Professor at Flinders University, Australia.

Mubarak A.R. is Senior Lecturer at Flinders University, Australia.

Xiaoyi Wang is Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China.