This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book delves into the widely held belief that the 21st century will be the "Asian Century" by examining the Asia's rapid economic development in the post-war era and the challenges it faces in forging ahead of world leaders in the West. The...

Chapter 1 Understanding China’s strategic public management -- Chapter 2The New Public Management comes to China -- Chapter 3Putting people first: the implementation of rebalancing policies -- Chapter 4The modernization of the political system -- Chapter 5China: the new super power --...

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1. 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Trends and the Current State of Communism and Post-Communism in Europe and Asia -- 2. A Taxonomy of Post-Communist Economies after 30 Years of Reforms -- 3. The Central Asian Countries’ Economies in the Twenty-First Century -- 4. The...

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