TY - BOOK AU - Rudolph,Jennifer M. AU - Jennifer M. Rudolph. TI - The China Questions: : Critical Insights into a Rising Power SN - 9780674979406 U1 - 951.06 RUD PY - 2018/// CY - Cambridge PB - : Harvard University Press KW - China KW - China Forecasting KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Economic history N1 - I. Politics: Is the Chinese communist regime legitimate? / Elizabeth J. Perry Can fighting corruption save the party? / Joseph Fewsmith Does Mao still matter? / Roderick MacFarquhar What is the source of ethnic tension in China? / Mark Elliott What should we know about public opinion in China? / Ya-Wen Lei What does longevity mean for leadership in China? / Arunabh Ghosh Can the Chinese Communist Party learn from Chinese emperors? / Yuhua Wang II. International relations: Will China lead Asia? / Odd Arne Westad How strong are China's armed forces? / Andrew S. Erickson What does the rise of China mean for the United States? / Robert S. Ross Is Chinese exceptionalism undermining China's foreign policy interests? / Alistair Iain Johnston (When) will Taiwan reunify with the mainland? / Steven M. Goldstein Can China and Japan ever get along? / Ezra F. Vogel III. Economy: Can China's high growth continue? / Richard N. Cooper Is the Chinese economy headed toward a hard landing? / Dwight H. Perkins Will urbanization save the Chinese economy or destroy it? / Meg Rithmire Is China keeping its promises on trade? / Mark Wu How do China's new rich give back? / Tony Saich What can China teach us about fighting poverty? / Nara Dillon IV. Environment: Can China address air pollution and climate change? / Michael B. McElroy Is there environmental awareness in China? / Karen Thornber V. Society: Why does the end of the one-child policy matter? / Susan Greenhalgh How are China and its middle class handling aging and mental health? / Arthur Kleinman How important is religion in China? / James Robson Will there be another Dalai Lama? / Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp Does law matter in China? / William P. Alford Why do so many Chinese students come to the United States? / William C. Kirby VI. History and culture: Who is Confucius in today's China? / Michael Puett Where did the Silk Road come from? / Rowan Flad Why do intellectuals matter to Chinese politics? / Peter K. Bol Why do classic Chinese novels matter? / Wai-yee Li How have Chinese writers imagined China's future? / David Der-wei Wang Has Chinese propaganda won hearts and minds? / Jie Li Why is it still so hard to talk about the Cultural Revolution? / Xiaofei Tian What is the future of China's past? / Stephen Owen How has the study of China changed in the last sixty years? / Paul A. Cohen N2 - Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked. In only a few decades, the most populous country on Earth has moved from relative isolation to center stage. Thirty of the world's leading China experts--all affiliates of the renowned Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University--answer key questions about where this new superpower is headed and what makes its people and their leaders tick. They distill a lifetime of cutting-edge scholarship into short, accessible essays about Chinese identity, culture, environment, society, history, or policy ER -