Series: Critical Concepts in Asian Studies

China's Security has become a key focus after the Cold War. In just a few decades, China has transitioned from an obscure position as a closed communist developing country with little integration into international institutions, to being designated a prospective strategic partner of the United States, and now viewed as Washington’s principal strategic opponent. Despite these vast changes in perspective...

Since the late 1970s, China has transformed from an inefficient centrally planned backwater to a fast-growing market-orientated economy. While economic reform has enabled average living standards to improve immensely, the benefits have been shared disproportionately depending on demographic factors such as location, age, gender, and social class. This new four-volume collection from Routledge addresses some of the pertinent questions raised...