Asian Studies

On the basis of a broad review of the past and the present relationship of China and Christianity, the focus of this volume shifts to the future and its potential for both great promise and pitfalls...

In this new, revised edition author Doug Guthrie updates his story on modern China and provides the latest authoritative data and examples from current events to chart where this dynamically changing society is headed and what the likely consequences for the rest of the world will be...

Drawing on a wide range of work by Russian writers and thinkers, this book sets out how Russian perceptions of China and Japan were formed and modified from Muscovy’s first contacts with China in the late seventeenth century, through to the aftermath of Russia’s defeat by Japan in the early twentiet..

On December 11th 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). This book examines the Prolonged negotiations leading up to this historic event...

On December 11th 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). This book examines the Prolonged negotiations leading up to this historic event...

This manuscript examines relations between China and the Middle East in historical context and examines their relationship in key areas that include energy, trade, arms sales, culture and politics...

China as a Rising World Power and its Response to 'Globalization'..

Reflections on China's 20th-century transformation. Contributors explore developments over the 1997-1999 period and place them in a wider historical perspective by examining: where China has travelled; what has changed and how much; the century's enduring themes; and prospects for the future...

This work provides a retrospective analysis of important events in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in the mid-1990s and a prospective look at some of the issues that will shape these areas as they each move toward decisive turning points in their distinct yet intertwined histories...

An autobiography of a scholar-teacher who devoted his career to the study of Chinese history and the promotion of Asian studies in America...

By one of the leading experts on modern Chinese history and historiography, this volume argues for fresh ways of approaching the Chinese past, spotlighting Western historians, Chinese historians, and the history itself...

With China's accession to the World Trade Organization imminent, this book brings together the expert views of scholars, policy?makers and business representatives on the consequences of this historic event...