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The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power

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內容簡介 許多書籍提供了關於中國的資訊，但是很少正視它的危機。本書提出的問題為當今中國所面臨的挑戰，以及它在世界地平線快速崛起所引發的不確定性，提供了一扇窗。只不過數十年的時間，地球上人口最多的國家，從相對被孤立的位置移動到中央舞台。36位隸屬於費正清中國研究中心的世界頂尖中國專家，回答了關鍵的問題，諸如：這個新的政治強權將往何處去？它的人民與領導人會做出何種行動？這些學者將畢生對於中國在認同、文化、環境、社會、歷史或政策上的先進研究，提煉成簡短易讀的文章。中國的經濟還能持續地快速成長嗎？中國可願意犧牲，以換取乾淨的環境？台灣與中國是否會統一？當今的中國人民如何理解他們在全球市場的位置？過去的歷史挫敗與傳統的價值，可以為中國的內政與外交政策提供何種訊息？某些篇章則圍繞著中國共產黨合法性的重要議題，乃至於一胎化政策的終結，以及各民族間的緊張關係。其他文章則聚焦在中國與其他國家(特別是美國)的關係上，如果美國不再支持亞洲，中國如何斷言它在亞太地區逐漸壯大的勢力？中國已經吸引全世界的目光，而本書在重要議題上提供了許多洞察。Many books offer information about China, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. The questions addressed in this unique volume provide a window onto the challenges China faces today and the uncertainties its meteoric ascent on the global horizon has provoked. In only a few decades, the most populous country on Earth has moved from relative isolation to center stage. Thirty-six of the world's leading China experts--all affiliates of the renowned Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University--answer key questions about where this new superpower is headed and what makes its people and their leaders tick. They distill a lifetime of cutting-edge scholarship into short, accessible essays about Chinese identity, culture, environment, society, history, or policy. Can China's economic growth continue apace? Can China embrace the sacrifices required for a clean environment? Will Taiwan reunite with the mainland? How do the Chinese people understand their position in today's global marketplace? How do historical setbacks and traditional values inform China's domestic and foreign policy? Some of the essays address issues of importance to China internally, revolving around the Communist Party's legitimacy, the end of the one-child policy, and ethnic tensions. Others focus on China's relationship with other nations, particularly the United States. If America pulls back from its Asian commitments, how will China assert its growing strength in the Pacific region? China has already captured the world's attention. The China Questions takes us behind media images and popular perceptions to provide insight on fundamental issues.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Jennifer Rudolph Jennifer Rudolph is Associate Professor of modern Chinese political history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Michael Szonyi is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. Michael Szonyi is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University.

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