Asian Studies

This text looks at the future orientation of the People's Liberation Army. It covers military leadership, readiness and expenditure, defense doctrine, high-tech warfare acquisitions, the scientific and technological base for defense procurement and China's security concerns in Northeast Asia...

This is a reconstruction of the history of the Hui Muslim community in China (known as the Chinese Muslims as distinct from the Turkic Muslims such as the Uyghurs). Traces their history from the earliest period of Islam in China up to the present day...

China plays a major role in world politics and is a growing economic power. This book investigates the major internal and external pressures and constraints facing China as it enters the new century...

China plays a major role in world politics and is a growing economic power. This book investigates the major internal and external pressures and constraints facing China as it enters the new century...

This book considers two major aspect of China's economic reform: the 'open policy' towards the West, aimed at attracting technology and skills into the country and the emphasis on 'regionalization' which established market-orientated rather than..

This interesting book is a study of scientists holding membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Cao examines the social stratification system of the Chinese science community...

Presents a view from the grassroots of the 1989 student and mass movement in China and its tragic consequences. Here are eyewitness and participant accounts expressed through wall posters, students speeches, movement declarations, handbills, and other documents...

Presents a view from the grassroots of the 1989 student and mass movement in China and its tragic consequences. Here are eyewitness and participant accounts expressed through wall posters, students speeches, movement declarations, handbills, and other documents...

This title will explore China’s strategic interests in the South China Sea, with a specific emphasis on power projection and resource security. China’s regional actions and reactions are reshaping the power dynamics in East and South-East Asia, while economic and geopolitical futures depend on the v..

In an era of dramatic transformation, this book examines the role of the private sector in China's economic growth, controversially suggesting that it has been driving the reform...

As China moved from a planned to a market economy many people expected that China’s political system would similarly move from authoritarianism to democracy. It is now clear, however, that political liberalisation does not necessarily follow economic liberalisation. This book explores this apparent ..

As China moved from a planned to a market economy many people expected that China’s political system would similarly move from authoritarianism to democracy. It is now clear, however, that political liberalisation does not necessarily follow economic liberalisation. This book explores this apparent ..