Non-Governmental Organisations in China(1st Edition) (China Policy Series) by YiyiLu Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-45858-0, ISBN: 0-415-45858-7
"As Chinese society becomes more open, and hopes rise that control by the Communist Party may become more relaxed, a great deal is expected from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the formation of civil society. This book, based on extensive original research including detailed interview research in over 40 Chinese NGOs, discusses the current position of NGOs within China. It argues that although all NGOs – both those originating a ..."
"China’s soft power has attracted considerable attention in the recent decade. In this volume scholars from the U.K., Europe, the U.S., Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and mainland China, including a number of well established and well known analysts on China, examine main areas where China has made noticeable advances in its appeal and influence. They include China’s foreign policy discourse, international communication, cultural diplom ..."
"After nearly three decades of rapid economic development, China is now a major power whose actions can significantly affect other countries, from America to Zimbabwe. As a result, China Studies has grown exponentially. In particular, there is a growing interest in studies of Chinese politics, not least because of the considerable uncertainties that remain over the country’s future political direction. This new Routledge title is a comp ..."
"Heike Holbig provides a case: the emergence of the campaign to open up
western China (Chapter 15). Holbig examines the dynamic interaction between
central and provincial players as this policy evolved, and she shows the various
ideological and pragmatic factors that shaped it over time. That campaign was a
soft policy that emerged from a very diffuse decision-making process, producing
a highly diverse set of agendas and institution ..."
"80 Yihua Bai and Wang Zhenyao ( fn . 75 ) , 160–62 ; Research Group ( fn . 1 ) ,
105–9 . 81 Research Group ( fn . 1 ) , 75 , emphasis added . 82 In two
conferences I participated in , one in 1995 and the other in 1996 , I found that
officials of the ..."
"China must embrace further constitutional reform, which aims at, among other
things, defining property rights so as to grant the private sector an
institutionalized basis in the growth of the national economies and to give the on-
going privatization a constitutional justification. Notes * The author appreciates Dr
Dagmar Richter of the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and
International Law (MPIV) and Professor Wulf G ..."