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  • Chinese Legal Family and Chinese Modernization of Rule of Law

    by Xiaobo Dong, Yafen Li ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book lays a more solid cognitive foundation for interaction between the international community and China. From a historical and cultural perspective, this groundbreaking book provides an in-depth exploration of the integration of traditional Chinese legal thought with modern concepts of the rule of law. Written by a leading interdisciplinary research team of legal and legal history experts ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

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  • The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

    by Steve Tsang, Olivia Cheung ...
    An authoritative examination of "Xi Jinping Thought"--now the official dogma of the Chinese Communist Party--that marshals Xi's personal words and writings to reveal his plan to make "the China Dream of national rejuvenation" a reality in the coming decades. Over the course of the last half dozen years, China's supreme leader Xi Jinping has made extraordinary changes which have profound ... Read more

    $25.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • China's New Confucianism

    Politics and Everyday Life in a Changing Society

    by Daniel A. Bell ...
    What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? And why do some Communist Party cadres get promoted if they care for their elderly parents? In this entertaining and illuminating book, one of the few Westerners to teach at a Chinese university draws on his personal experiences to paint an ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power

    by Xuetong Yan ...
    Translated by Edmund Ryden ...
    Series series The Princeton-China Series
    From China's most influential foreign policy thinker, a vision for a "Beijing Consensus" for international relationsThe rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

  • The New Emperors

    Power and the Princelings in China

    by Professor Kerry Brown ...
    China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Emperors, the noted China expert Kerry Brown journeys deep into the heart of the secretive Communist Party. China's ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • The Price of China's Economic Development

    Power, Capital, and the Poverty of Rights

    by Zhaohui Hong ...
    "This work provides a theoretically sophisticated analysis of major political, social, economic, and cultural trends in China." —Roger des Forges, author of Chinese Walls in Time and SpaceThe People's Republic of China has experienced significant transformations since Deng Xiaoping instituted economic reforms in 1978. Subsequent leaders continued and often broadened Deng's policies, shifting the ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Confucian Constitutional Order

    How China's Ancient Past Can Shape Its Political Future

    by Jiang Qing ...
    Translated by Edmund Ryden ...
    Series series The Princeton-China Series
    What a Confucian constitutional government might look like in China's political futureAs China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy. But could China develop a unique form of government based on its own distinct traditions? Jiang Qing—China's most original, provocative, and controversial Confucian ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Contemporary China

    Society and Social Change

    by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson, Andrew B. Kipnis ...
    China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Confucian Perfectionism

    A Political Philosophy for Modern Times

    by Joseph Chan ...
    Series series The Princeton-China Series
    "This splendid book makes a powerful case that Confucianism has much to contribute to contemporary political thought and practice the world over." —Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan UniversitySince the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances. Contemporary Confucians must develop a viable method of governance ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • We Uyghurs Have No Say

    An Imprisoned Writer Speaks

    by Ilham Tohti ...
    Translated by Yaxue Cao, Cindy Carter, Matthew Robertson ...
    The words of China’s most famous political prisonerIn Xinjiang, the large northwest region of China, the government has imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs in reeducation camps. One of the incarcerated—whose sentence, unlike most others, has no end date—is Ilham Tohti, an intellectual and economist, a prolific writer, and formerly the host of a website, Uyghur Online. In 2014, Tohti was ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Two Systems, Two Countries

    A Nationalist Guide to Hong Kong

    by Kevin Carrico ...
    As Hong Kong is integrated into the People’s Republic of China, ever fewer people in the city identify as Chinese. Two Systems, Two Countries explains why.Two Systems, Two Countries traces the origins of Hong Kong nationalism and introduces readers to its main schools of thought: city-state theory, self-determination, independence, and returnism. The idea of Hong Kong independence, Kevin Carrico ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Living with Reform

    China since 1989

    by Timothy Cheek ...
    Series series Global History of the Present
    China is huge. China is growing more powerful. Yet China remains a great mystery to most people in the West. This contemporary history, based on the latest scholarly research, offers a balanced perspective of the continuing legacy of Maoism in the lives not only of China's leaders but China's working people. It outlines the ambitious economic reforms taken since the 1980s and shows the complex ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD