With more than one billion people, China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression.

As China moved from a planned to a market economy many people expected that China’s political system would similarly move from authoritarianism to democracy.

A noted Chinese economist examines the mechanisms behind China's economic reforms, arguing that universal principles and specific implementations are equally im

China’s Challenges and International Order Transition introduces an integrated conceptual framework of “international order” categorized by three levels (

This book examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People's Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses ope