Contemporary China : a new superpower? /: a new superpower?. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kristina Kironska, Richard Q. Turcsanyi.
• Editors: Kironska, Kristina; Turcsanyi, Richard Q
• Contents: List of illustrations viii List of contributors x Acknowledgments xii Note on the transcription of Asian names and nomenclatures xiii Introduction: A new superpower? 1 RICHARD Q. TURCSANYI PART I History, society, and culture 13 1 Historical legacy: A humiliated 5000-year-old civilization? 15 FILIP ŠEBOK 2 Mao Zedong: Why does the revolutionary leader “live forever”? 29 FILIP ŠEBOK 3 Tiananmen 1989: How did the massacre change China? 40 BARBARA KELEMEN 4 Religion, traditions, and values: What do the Chinese believe in? 47 KLÁRA DUBRAVČÍKOVÁ 5 Living standards and social issues: What is it like to live in China? 58 KLÁRA DUBRAVČÍKOVÁ PART II Politics and economy 71 6 China’s political system: How does the Communist Party rule China? 73 FILIP ŠEBOK 7 Chinese economic miracle: How did an underdeveloped country change into a world leader? 89 MARTIN ŠEBEŇA 8 Social control and propaganda: What is “social credit” and how has China handled COVID-19? 99 FILIP ŠEBOK 9 Rule by law: Is there justice in China? 114 MATEJ ŠIMALČÍK 10 Technological power: Can China innovate? 128 MARTIN ŠEBEŇA 11 Environment: Does China care about it? 136 KLÁRA DUBRAVČÍKOVÁ 12 Xinjiang: Why has China imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in re-education camps? 147 BARBARA KELEMEN 13 Tibet: Why is the mysterious “snowy kingdom” part of China today? 156 LUBOŠ BĚLKA 14 Hong Kong: How did the “pearl of the Orient” become a city of protests? 166 MARTIN ŠEBEŇA 15 Taiwan: Why does China consider it its own and what does it mean for Taiwan? 177 KRISTINA KIRONSKA PART III International relations 191 16 China in the world: A New Silk Road to world dominance? 193 MATEJ ŠIMALČÍK 17 China in its immediate neighborhood: A benevolent power or a hegemon? 205 ALFRED GERSTL Contents vii 18 Territorial disputes: Will China go to war? 218 DENISA HILBERTOVÁ 19 Relations with the United States: Are the two great powers headed for a collision? 227 RICHARD Q. TURCSANYI 20 Relations with Europe and Russia: Partners or competitors? 240 RICHARD Q. TURCSANYI 21 China’s relations with the Global South: On the rise or past their peak? 252 JOSHUA EISENMAN AND ERIC HEGINBOTHAM Index 263
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 951.06; Great powers; China -- Politics and government -- 2002-; China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000915006; 9781000914986
• Related ISBNs: 9781032395098; 9781032395081
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