Books in the Routledge Studies on Asia in the World series

Using examples from China, Korea, Japan and Indonesia, the contributors to this book explore the cultural rules for creating and sharing humour in different Asian cultures.

The contributors to this book present case studies of elder care in China and India, and draw comparisons between the two ¿ illuminating some of the key issues facing the two largest Asian countries as they develop rapidly.

This volume discuss emerging critical issues in International relations, including the Indo-Pacific constructs, Chinäs Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the progress of established regional security mechanisms like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

This volume discuss emerging critical issues in International relations, including the Indo-Pacific constructs, Chinäs Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the progress of established regional security mechanisms like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

This volume describes and evaluate the consequent policy coordination in the areas of green finance, green energy and sustainable development in the Belt and Road regions. It examines both the challenges and opportunities of these projects, and the role that Hong Kong can play in supporting their assessment, finance and implementation.

This book explores the attempts of Republic of Korea in its to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It addresses 6 of the 17 goals and defines specific national strategies.

Reform and governance are of vital interest to both the People''s Republic of China and the European Union (EU). China is facing demographic and environmental challenges and has been experiencing a rapid economic transition. The social tensions arising from these challenges call for a governance system that will allow the Chinese leadership to alleviate social tensions without putting at risk their leadership. A society which is becoming more diverse and facing problems of a global scale that also cause turmoil at the grass roots may be difficult to govern top-down. Notwithstanding the Communist Party of China''s (CPC) grip on Chinese society, there may be ways to integrate public opinion and civil society organisations in governmental decision-making through reforms that do not challenge the current leadership. The EU, on the other hand, faces the same global challenges with a very different and complex governance system. EU foreign and security policy, thus including EU policy towards China, are governed by the EU''s foreign policy principles, which contain, among others, the promotion of democracy, the rule of law and the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms. How successful can the EU be in advancing these principles when engaging with China, while respecting the Chinese political system? How can the EU and China find common grounds in their governance systems so as to enhance their strategic partnership in order to tackle global issues that need a coordinated approach?

This book uses the first- and second-hand experiences of its contributors in scholarly International Relations debates in China to answer the questions: How does China see the rest of the world and to what extent do Chinese IR scholars influence Beijing's foreign policy and outlook?

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's reflexive sociology on relative and relational sociocultural positions, Mu and Pang assess how historical, contemporary, and ongoing changes across social spaces of family, school, and community come to shape the intergenerational educational, cultural, and social reproduction of Chinese diasporic populations.

This book explores the attempts of Republic of Korea in its to achieve the UN¿s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It addresses 6 of the 17 goals ¿ clean water, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, sustainable cities and communities, climate action, and partnership ¿ and defines specific national strategies.

EU foreign and security policy, including EU policy towards China, are governed by the EU¿s foreign policy principles, which contain, among others, the promotion of democracy, the rule of law and the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms. How successful can the EU be in advancing these principles when engaging with China, while respecting the Chinese political system? How can the EU and China find common grounds in their governance systems so as to enhance their strategic partnership in order to tackle global issues that need a coordinated approach?