Global Rise of China, Paperback

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China's rapid rise is doubtless the most significant economic and geopolitical event in the 21st century. What has led to its rise? What does it me...

The forces of globalization have transformed the world economically, but in the West politics is becoming increasingly fractured as living standard...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fei-Ling WangWhat does the rise of China represent, and how should the international community respond? With a holistic rer...

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China's rapid rise as a regional and global power is one of the most important political developments of the twenty-first century. Yet the West sti...

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The Great War helped China emerge from humiliation and obscurity and take its first tentative steps as a full member of the global community. In 19...

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One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China's rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that...

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Contributor(s): Author: Scott C. LeviThis book analyzes how Central Asians actively engaged with the rapidly globalizing world of the eighteenth an...

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Description"A passionate, important study of the current affairs of a volatile region."-- Kirkus Reviews starred review The rise of Hong Kong is th...

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Starting from the key concept of geo-economics, this book investigates the new power politics and argues that the changing structural features of t...

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