The China questions
Subtitle: critical insights into a rising power
By: edited by Jennifer Rudolph, Michael Szonyi
Contributors: Fairbank Center for East Asian Research
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780674979406
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Forecasting; Civilization; Economic conditions; Environmental policy; Social conditions; Foreign relations
Description: Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked. In only a few decades, the most populous country on Earth has moved from relative isolation to center stage. Thirty of the world's leading China experts--all affiliates of the renowned Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University--answer key questions about where this new superpower is headed and what makes its people and their leaders tick. They distill a lifetime of cutting-edge scholarship into short, accessible essays about Chinese identity, culture, environment, society, history, or policy.--
Notes: "In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Politics: Is the Chinese communist regime legitimate? / Elizabeth J. Perry; title: Can fighting corruption save the party? / Joseph Fewsmith; title: Does Mao still matter? / Roderick MacFarquhar; title: What is the source of ethnic tension in China? / Mark Elliott; title: What should we know about public opinion in China? / Ya-Wen Lei; title: What does longevity mean for leadership in China? / Arunabh Ghosh; title: Can the Chinese Communist Party learn from Chinese emperors? / Yuhua Wang; title: II. International relations: Will China lead Asia? / Odd Arne Westad; title: How strong are China's armed forces? / Andrew S. Erickson; title: What does the rise of China mean for the United States? / Robert S. Ross; title: Is Chinese exceptionalism undermining China's foreign policy interests? / Alistair Iain Johnston; title: (When) will Taiwan reunify with the mainland? / Steven M. Goldstein; title: Can China and Japan ever get along? / Ezra F. Vogel; title: III. Economy: Can China's high growth continue? / Richard N. Cooper; title: Is the Chinese economy headed toward a hard landing? / Dwight H. Perkins; title: Will urbanization save the Chinese economy or destroy it? / Meg Rithmire; title: Is China keeping its promises on trade? / Mark Wu; title: How do China's new rich give back? / Tony Saich; title: What can China teach us about fighting poverty? / Nara Dillon; title: IV. Environment: Can China address air pollution and climate change? / Michael B. McElroy; title: Is there environmental awareness in China? / Karen Thornber; title: V. Society: Why does the end of the one-child policy matter? / Susan Greenhalgh; title: How are China and its middle class handling aging and mental health? / Arthur Kleinman; title: How important is religion in China? / James Robson; title: Will there be another Dalai Lama? / Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp; title: Does law matter in China? / William P. Alford; title: Why do so many Chinese students come to the United States? / William C. Kirby; title: VI. History and culture: Who is Confucius in today's China? / Michael Puett; title: Where did the Silk Road come from? / Rowan Flad; title: Why do intellectuals matter to Chinese politics? / Peter K. Bol; title: Why do classic Chinese novels matter? / Wai-yee Li; title: How have Chinese writers imagined China's future? / David Der-wei Wang; title: Has Chinese propaganda won hearts and minds? / Jie Li; title: Why is it still so hard to talk about the Cultural Revolution? / Xiaofei Tian; title: What is the future of China's past? / Stephen Owen; title: How has the study of China changed in the last sixty years? / Paul A. Cohen.