The US policy of supporting a democratic Taiwan while simultaneously engaging China is a delicate and complex balance … amid the emerging power of China continues to change the paradigm. The contributors to this volume explore the political …

As a country's current development is path dependent, the rise of China and its strategic implications can only be … understood in a historical context. Hence, the key to understanding contemporary China is the understanding of its past. So far … History of Modern China fills this important gap, focusing on modern Chinese economic growth and comprehensively surveying the …

industrial relations in China, and draws on the authors' extensive research and direct involvement in the developments taking … guiding hand of the Chinese Communist party. Industrial Relations in China draws on up-to-date material and will ensure the …

The rate of economic growth in China over the last 50 years has been remarkable. However this has only highlighted the … inequalities between regions in China, making for considerable disquiet at the highest levels of Chinese policy-making. Not … proposals that have been applied to this thorny problem. The authors find that the industrial core of China (the South East and …