Governing China

In 221 BC the First Emperor of Qin unified what would become the heart of a Chinese empire whose major features would endure for two millennia. In ...

Studies how the Chinese Communist Party uses and reforms its taxation institution to promote economic growth and governance quality while limits th...

Prevailing views suggest rebels govern to enhance their organizational capacity, but this book demonstrates that some rebels undertake costly gover...

In Varieties of State Regulation, Yukyung Yeo explores how the Chinese central party-state continues to oversee the most strategic sectors of its e...

The breathless pace of China's economic reform has brought about deep ruptures in socioeconomic structures and people's inner landscape. Faced with...

The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern ports. Ports are wh...

Reducere. Zhan Zhuang, The Art of Nourishing Life is the exploration of an ancestral discipline: Zhan Zhuang, the practice of physical and meditative posture...

Reducere. Zhan Zhuang, the Art of Nourishing Life is the exploration of an ancestral practice: Zhan Zhuang, the practice of physical and meditative postures....

The rise of populism in the West and the rise of China in the East have stirred a rethinking of how democratic systems work--and how they fail. The...

Reducere. A collection of parables and teaching stories from the martial arts traditions of Japan and China that emphasizes their spiritual foundation. - The...

Reducere. On December 16, 1945, Prince Konoe committed suicide after refusing to collaborate with U.S. Army officer Bonner Fellers in "Operation Blacklist." ...