In Interpreting China’s Development, leading experts on China provide an overview of this growing superpower, highlighting key issues in the country's political, economic and social development.

Underpinned by up-to-date scholarly research yet written in a readable and concise style, this volume of over 40 short chapters offers a very accessible way to understanding the major events and dominant issues that had emerged in China over the last few decades. The essays are grouped under four thematic sections — challenges of governance, growth and structural changes, coping with rising social problems and relations with major powers and neighbours — covering salient topics such as the emerging mode of leadership succession, sustainability of China’s high growth, widening inequalities, environmental crisis and the external impact of China’s rise.

Non-specialists in particular, should find this volume useful in keeping up with China’s fast changing developments.

Contents:

• The Challenges of Governance:
• The Chinese Communist Party in Rapid Transformation (Y Zheng & S K Tok)
• The Struggle against Corruption (D Yang)
• Managing China’s Civil Servants (K E Brodsgaard)
• Chen Shui-bian: Taiwan’s Lame Duck President (J F Copper)
• Growth and Structural Changes:
• China's Twin Surpluses (Y Yu)
• Banking Reforms to Meet WTO Obligations (S Y Tong & Y Zheng)
• Rise of China's Auto Industry (M Yang & S S Teng)
• China's Energy Outlook (E Thomson)
• Coping with Rising Social Problems:
• Social Dilemmas of High Economic Growth (L Zhao)
• Growth and Widening Inequalities (H Lai & S S Teng)
• Reforming Hukou to Protect Migrant Labour (L Zhao)
• China’s Emerging Middle-Class (H Yan)
• China’s Relations with Major Powers and Its Neighbours:
• China and US: A Pivotal But Uncertain Relationship (F-L Wang)
• Managing Difficult Relations with Japan (Y Zheng & S K Tok)
• China and South Korea in Their Dealings with North Korea (J Choo)
• China’s Growing Influence in Africa (Z Wang & T S Lim)
• and other papers