China
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: David M. Haugen, book editor.
Contributors: Haugen, David M., 1969-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: China -- Social conditions -- 2000-; China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-; China -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What are the most serious crises facing China? China faces a pollution crisis / Economist; title: China faces an energy crisis / Philip Andrews-Speed / China faces a health crisis / Lancet; title: China faces a governance crisis / Minxin Pei. How strong is China's economy? China can sustain economic growth / John Wong and Sarah Chan; title: China cannot sustain economic growth / Bruce Gilley; title: China's trade policies harm the U.S. economy / Robert E. Scott; title: China's trade policies do not harm the U.S. economy / Stephen Roach; title: The United States should force China to reduce intellectual property theft / Bruce Stokes; title: China is taking action against intellectual property theft / Veronica Weinstein and Dennis Fernandez. Is China a military threat? China's military is modernizing / U.S. Department of Defense; title: The modernizing of China's military is overstated / Ivan Eland; title: China is a nuclear threat / Thomas M. Kane; title: China is not a nuclear threat / Jeffrey Lewis; title: War with China over Taiwan is possible / Richard Halloran; title: War with China over Taiwan is unlikely / Michael O'Hanlon. What is the state of China's democratization? The Communist Party is promoting liberal reform in China / Jiang Zemin; title: The Communist Party is thwarting liberal reform in China / Jacques deLisle; title: China still suffers from human rights abuses / Amnesty International; title: China is making advances in human rights / Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; title: China lacks media freedom / Bei Ling and Andrea Huss; title: China's media freedom is increasing / James Borton; title: China lacks religious freedom / U.S. Department of State; title: China safeguards religious freedom / Chinese Embassy in the United States.