Books in the China Policy Series series

Examines the development of the non-state sector and NGOs in China since the onset of reform in the late 1970s. This book explores the tension between the government's desire to keep the NGOs as "helping hands' rather than as autonomous, independent organizations, and their ability to perform these roles successfully.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of crisis management in China. It considers economic, political and military crises, and also natural disasters and public health problems. In each area it considers the nature of potential crises and their possible effects, and the degree to which China is prepared to cope with crises.

A major transformation of Chinese higher education has taken place. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a development strategy on such a scale. This book evaluates the prospects for Chinese and foreign HE providers, regulators and other stakeholders.

This book looks at human security in ChinaΓÇÖs foreign relations. It discusses the concept and theory of human security, and their implications for China. The book goes on to analyse environmental security issues, including climate change and water resources, as well as looking at issues from an energy consumption perspective. Significant human security issues are then focussed on, including food safety, pandemic disease control, migration, and the human rights implications of ChinaΓÇÖs overseas investment.

The 1989 pro-democracy movement in China constituted a huge challenge to the survival of the Chinese communist regime. This book assesses the impact of the movement, and of the ensuing repression on the political evolution of the People¿s Republic of China. It discusses how the events of 1989 are remembered and have affected Chinäs international relations and diplomacy; how human rights, law enforcement, policing, and liberal thought have developed over two decades.

Examines the role of institutions in China's large-scale economic, social and political transformation. This book argues that, although the importance of institutions in China's economic growth and social development is widely acknowledged, exactly how institutions affect changes in particular national and historical settings is less understood.

Offers a systemic analysis of the foreign policy of China. This title demonstrates how domestic factors have profoundly shaped China's foreign policy, from the late Mao's era to the reform era, presenting its argument through an analysis of major cases of Chinese foreign policy.

Examines the status of trade unions in contemporary China, exploring the degree to which trade unions have been reformed as China is integrated into the global economy. With empirical research data, this book discusses the key question of how autonomous China's trade unions are.

China's economic success has been founded partly on relatively cheap labour, especially in export industries. However, there has been growing concern about wages and labour standards in China. This book examines how wages are bargained, fought over and determined in China, exploring how the pattern of labour conflict has changed over time.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is one of the largest and most powerful political organizations, and China's rapid rise has allowed CCP to extend its influence throughout the globe. This book explores the CCP transformation as a form of 'organizational emperor', and its ability to survive potential democracy.

Focusing on one of the most influential scholars writing on international relations, Wang Gungwu, this book explores the limitations of Western international relations approaches to China, and explains China's IR from a non-Western perspective, and demonstrates how the study of Chinese experiences can enrich the IR field.