This book argues that there is a new, Sinological form of orientalism at work in the world. It has shifted from a logic of ‘essential difference’ to one of ‘sameness’ or general equivalence. "China" is now in a halting but inevitable process of becoming-the-same as the USA and the West.
Perform Suzhou is a task and performance-oriented textbook course for Chinese study abroad programs serving intermediate- to advanced-level learners...
This book examines the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of China, particularly contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Macau. They have been actively pre..
China suffers frequently from many types of natural disasters, which have affected the lives of many millions of Chinese. The steps which the Chinese ..
China’s expansion and growing influence in Africa is arguably the most remarkable geo-political and geo-economic development in the 21st century. This..
Five years have elapsed since the Chinese government announced its ambitious health care reform programme. Having had three trillion RMB invested into..
The proposed book draws on the on-going South China Sea dispute, and the multifaceted challenges wrought by the South China Sea issue that requires an..
This book examines a wide range of issues connected to China’s urbanization. It considers the many problems which have come with rapid urbanization, i..
Unlike other texts on modern Chinese history, which tend to be either encyclopedic or too pedantic, Revolution and Its Past is comprehensive but conci..
This is a collection of essays by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, it explores features of the Chinese family, gender and kinship syste..
Yao and Xiaming present the work of leading economists of China, who put forward new research findings and new thinking on a wide range of issues conn..
Japan's Security Relations with China since 1989 raises the crucial question whether Japan's political leadership is able to handle such a complex pol..
Presents a study of social spaces of the capital of Ming Qing China (1420-1911). Focusing on early Ming and early and middle Qing, it explores archite..