Books in the Routledge Contemporary China Series series

This book outlines the major social and political changes in the city of Macau during its first 20 years under the "One Country, Two Systems" arrangement with Mainland China.

This volume showcases a vibrant wave of scholarship that explores the intersection of queer theory and Sinophone studies, consolidating an interdisciplinary framework for furthering transnational research into non-conforming genders, sexualities and bodies.

Examines the government of Hong Kong since its handover to mainland China in 1997, focusing on the anti-government mass protests and mobilisations in the years since 2003. This book assesses different explanations for Hong Kong's government problems, including lack of social cohesion, structural budgetary deficit, and severe social inequality.

This is the first book in English to explain the social transformation of the Chinese family from the perspective of Chinese researchers. Presenting a comprehensive view of the Chinese family and how it has adapted during the process of modernization, it provides analysis of changes in family structures, functions and relationships.

How do we understand the evolution of central-local relations in China during the reform period? This book addresses this question by focusing on eight separate issues in which the central-local relationship has been especially salient ¿ government finance, investment control, regional development, administrative zoning, implementation, culture, social welfare and international relations.

This book examines stability maintenance as an alternative governance strategy adopted by the CPC in different social circumstances, including hospital disputes, food safety issues and disaster settlements. Using a variety of case studies, it will be of interests to students and scholars of Chinese studies, politics and sociology.

This edited collection explores new developments in the burgeoning field of Chinese ecocinema, examining a variety of works from local productions to global market films, spanning the Maoist era to the present.

Takes a critical look at how sex in China is thought and talked about. Including material on transsexuals, fetishism, sex aids and pornography, this book shows that the dominant ways of thinking about sex are neither innocent nor inconsequential, and that people are making decisions about how to live their sexual lives.

This book unveils the risks and challenges embedded in China's spectacular economic success and demonstrates that effective handling of these challenges is vital for China to avoid falling into "middle-income trap".

This book examines the key areas, all of which are linked, where China is grappling with institutional reforms as it opens up to the outside world.

Presents a thematic examination of the development of cultural heritage management (CHM) in an Asian context. This book challenges assumptions of the primacy of community-sponsored action and heritage authority based on Western-derived ideals and practices that fit with democratic models for civil action.

Uses the case of intellectual property rights (IPR) to examine how and to what extent market forces and knowledge development affect the relationships of China and the world, especially the United States. This book gives an insight into the opportunities and challenges that China faces. It is suitable for those studying Chinese Business.

This book analyses the economic and policy relationships between China and Latin America. Key issues covered by the contributors include international trade and direct investment, intra-industry trade, pension reform and policy issues relating to small, medium and large enterprises.

The appearance of SARS in 2002 caused a world crisis, now four years on, SARS poses no threat and has vanished from the global media. This book provides new and profound insights into this mysterious illness, from the perspectives of global geography, media studies and popular culture.

This book looks at how NGOs, social organizations, business associations, trade unions, and religious associations interact with the state, and explore how social actors have negotiated the influence of the state at both national and local levels, and examines how a corporatist understanding of state-society relations can be reformulated, as old and new social stakeholders play a greater role in managing contemporary social issues. In turn, the book goes on to chart the differences in how the state behaves locally and centrally, and finally discusses the future direction of the corporatist state.

Written by a team of contributors from a variety of disciplines, this book investigates the rise and subsequent decline of SARS in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan. It explores the epidemic from the perspectives of cultural geography, media studies and popular culture. It provides insights into what is still a highly topical issue.

High profile contributors explore the challenges of self-determination from the perspective of China's enterprises in social and welfare changes.

Since 1993, China has been the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world and is now considered to be the world's third biggest economy. The editors examine the key areas, all of which are linked, where China is grappling with institutional reforms as it opens up to the outside world.