China's transition to a market economy has propelled its remarkable economic growth since the late 1970s. In this book, Nicholas R. Lardy, one of the world's foremost experts on the Chinese economy, traces the increasing role of market forces and refutes the widely advanced argument that Chinese economic progress rests on the government's control of the economy's "commanding he...(展开全部)

In this timely work, Scott Kennedy documents the rising influence of business, both Chinese and foreign, on national public policy in China. China's shift to a market economy has made businesses more sensitive to their bottom line and has seen the passage of thousands of laws and regulations that directly affect firms' success. Companies have become involved in a tug of war wit...(展开全部)

Despite continuing criticism of the Chinese authoritarian political system, the range of participants in the decision-making process has widened, with different social actors now playing an increasingly important role in the Chinese policymaking process. Accordingly, the role of think tanks in the policymaking process has generated great interest within and outside China. This ...(展开全部)

Despite continuing criticism of the Chinese authoritarian political system, the range of participants in the decision-making process has widened, with different social actors now playing an increasingly important role in the Chinese policymaking process. Accordingly, the role of think tanks in the policymaking process has generated great interest within and outside China. This ...(展开全部)

Museums in China have undergone tremendous transformations since they first appeared in the country in the late nineteenth century. Futuristic, state-of-the-art museums have today become symbols of China's global cultural, economic and technological prominence, and over the last two decades, the number of Chinese museums has increased at an unprecedented rate, with China set to...(展开全部)

作者简介 本杰明·I·史华慈，美国著名历史学家和政治学家，中国问题研究专家。哈佛大学历史与政治学教授，兼费正清研究中心副主任。美国历史协会会员，亚洲研究会会员。《中国季刊》和《哈佛亚洲研究会杂志》编委会成员。1999年逝世。早年获哈佛大学历史学博士学位。1951—1956年任哈佛大学中国经济政治研究计划委员会委员。1960年任哈佛大学历史与政治学教授直至逝世。 主要著作有：《中国的共产主义与毛泽东的崛起》（1951）、《中国共产主义文献史》（1954）、《毛泽东主义的“传说”的传说》（1960）、《共产主义与中国：思想和变革》（1968）、《古代中国的思想世界》（1985）、《中国研究》（1990）等。

作者简介 本杰明·I·史华慈，美国著名历史学家和政治学家，中国问题研究专家。哈佛大学历史与政治学教授，兼费正清研究中心副主任。美国历史协会会员，亚洲研究会会员。《中国季刊》和《哈佛亚洲研究会杂志》编委会成员。1999年逝世。早年获哈佛大学历史学博士学位。1951—1956年任哈佛大学中国经济政治研究计划委员会委员。1960年任哈佛大学历史与政治学教授直至逝世。 主要著作有：《中国的共产主义与毛泽东的崛起》（1951）、《中国共产主义文献史》（1954）、《毛泽东主义的“传说”的传说》（1960）、《共产主义与中国：思想和变革》（1968）、《古代中国的思想世界》（1985）、《中国研究》（1990）等。

Commodities of Care examines the unanticipated effects of global health interventions, ideas, and practices as they unfold in communities of men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. Targeted for the scaling-up of HIV testing, Elsa L. Fan examines how the impact of this initiative has transformed these men from subjects of care into commodities of care: through the use of perfo...(展开全部)

Current accounts of China’s global rise emphasize economics and politics, largely neglecting the cultivation of China’s people. Susan Greenhalgh, one of the foremost authorities on China’s one-child policy, places the governance of population squarely at the heart of China’s ascent. Focusing on the decade since 2000, and especially 2004–09, she argues that the vital politics of...(展开全部)

Current accounts of China’s global rise emphasize economics and politics, largely neglecting the cultivation of China’s people. Susan Greenhalgh, one of the foremost authorities on China’s one-child policy, places the governance of population squarely at the heart of China’s ascent. Focusing on the decade since 2000, and especially 2004–09, she argues that the vital politics of...(展开全部)