Key Features:Considers some of the most salient issues in contemporary China from a truly interdisciplinary …Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Cornering the Market: State Strategies for Controlling China … MEDIA GROUP -- CASE STUDY: THE 2003 SARS EPIDEMIC -- Damage Control -- The Government Response to the Crisis -- Case Summary …

bilateral Chinese-American polarization. While China has been among the staunchest advocates and beneficiaries of globalization … China in a relatively strong economic position." …

the People's Republic of China within the context of cross-strait relations and the broader trends of economic integration …: EXPECTATIONS AND OBSTACLES -- OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTERS -- 2. WTO Commitments by Taiwan and China and the Domestic Consequences Tain … in the Service Sectors -- CHINA'S CONCESSIONS -- Tariffs -- QUOTAS AND IMPORT CONTROLS -- TRADING AND DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS …