In order to explore the prospective effects of what hails as the Beijing consensus, a conceptualization arguably near-synonymous with Beijing's export-oriented strategy, the Article first discusses the state of the Chinese economy in the post-global financial crisis era. After reviewing some key...

Chinese regionalism presents a distinctive blueprint pattern of regionalism, primarily motivated by political or geopolitical considerations rather than economics. Notwithstanding exceptional cases of some least-developed countries, in terms of economic orthodoxy such as Jacob Viner and his...

As many domestic, inter-regional, and international political economy concerns burdened China's 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization (quot;WTOquot;), including the aftermath of accession, there is the often ignored impact of China's accession on Taiwan and its bid for international...

The article explores the thoughts of the German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas by emphasizing his communicative action theory. The article first explores his communicative action theory by discussing his distinctive social rationalization and dualistic conceptualization of modern...

The value-laden liberal ideals of constitutionalism, democracy, and liberty espoused by Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Jean-Jacque Rousseau, quot;that government was held in trust instead of by ordained right and that the monarch was a mere agent of society with no will, no power...

In order to explore the prospective effects of what hails as the Beijing consensus, a conceptualization arguably near-synonymous with Beijing’s export-oriented strategy, the Article first discusses the state of the Chinese economy in the post-global financial crisis era. After reviewing some...

[Publisher's Synopsis] The book addresses the issues of China's modern social order, as influenced by an evolving economic order and especially legal order. Ongoing Chinese modernization is prompted by both domestic needs and WTO commitments, which includes both economic and legal reforms....