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China ReconnectsJoining a Deep-rooted Past to a New World Orderby Gungwu Wang (National University of Singapore)

The book shows how the Chinese are now confident of their capacity to learn all they need from the developed world and are keen to know which parts of the past they would need to build a modern Chinese civilization. They are very conscious of the challenges coming from the United States, and are looking for ways and means to respond to a superpower that wants to preserve its dominant position in the international status quo.

The book seeks to explain what China is doing and what its immediate and long-term interests are. It is not to defend or judge China. It does not employ theoretical frameworks that are not appropriate for describing Chinese conditions. It calls for understanding why history is particularly relevant to the Chinese state and most of its people. That way, we also see how the present and hopes for the future changes our perspectives of the past.

200pp Jul 2019978-981-3278-12-7 US$58 £50978-981-120-360-2(pbk) US$28 £25

Series on China’s Belt and Road Initiative - Vol 4

Belt and Road InitiativeChinese Version of “Marshall Plan”?by Da Hsuan Feng (China Silk Road iValley ResearchInstitute, China & Hainan University, China) & Hai Ming Liang (China Silk Road iValley Research Institute, China & Hainan University, China)

This book views the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a bold and all-encompassing 21st century global effort by China, with unprecedented perspectives. The BRI could be summarised as a “revitalization” of China’s ancient land-based and maritime silk roads, but it should be noted that its impact on China and the world stands on the foundation of omnipresent economics and how China transforms its mindset in the 21st century.

Though initiated by China, the BRI’s implementation has been a many-to-many effort from the start. This multi-regional and multi-national effort is distinctly different from the one-to-many effort of the Marshall Plan. The two meaning-defining chapters of this book, “Omnipresent Economics: The Belt and Road Initiative Underpinning” and “Supercontinent, Neo-Renaissance and Cultural Communications: The Millennium Mindset Transformations Induced by the Belt and Road Initiative”, have made it abundantly clear that the BRI discussions presented are unique.

The discussions of this book could shed new light on the BRI, a long-term and profound initiative by China, which in today’s global discussions and debates, are entirely confined to geopolitical and economics arenas.

192pp Apr 2019978-981-120-050-2 US$58 £50

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China’s Economic Modernisation and Structural ChangesEssays in Honour of John Wongedited by Yongnian Zheng & Sarah Y Tong (East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

This book provides a timely update on the ongoing transformation of the Chinese economy. As the world’s second largest economy, China marked the 40th anniversary of economic reform and opening-up in 2018. In this book, top scholars on Chinese economic studies review China’s remarkable economic achievement in the past four decades and analyse the challenges facing economic development in the country.

The book focusses on structural changes of China’s economy, which are essential to steer the country towards sustainable development. It studies the long-term factors affecting the Chinese economy such as education and innovation, and emerging sources of economic growth, such as e-commerce. Other important aspects of the Chinese economy explored in this book include the economic role of the Chinese government, fiscal reforms, capital account liberalisation, housing policies, competition policy and anti-monopoly law, China’s export, trends of regional development and reforms of state-owned enterprises.

This rich collection of policy-oriented economic studies is also a tribute to Professor John Wong, former research director of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, who passed away in June 2018. For over three decades, Professor Wong had followed and provided insightful analyses on China’s economic development.

360pp May 2019978-981-120-361-9 US$88 £75

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China’s Rise in Mainland ASEANNew Dynamics and Changing Landscapeedited by Suthiphand Chirathivat (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand), Buddhagarn Rutchatorn (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand & Seoul National University, South Korea) & Anupama Devendrakumar (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)

The rationale for this volume on China’s Rise in Mainland ASEAN: New Dynamics and Changing Landscapes stems from the rise in recent years of China, ASEAN’s giant neighbor, and in its wake the significant economic, political, and socio-cultural developments in the ASEAN region. In the last two decades, China has successfully established itself as a powerful regional and global power, surpassing Japan in 2010 as the second largest economy of the world, and has become a major player in the affairs of South East Asian nations.

320pp Feb 2019978-981-3275-40-9 US$108 £95

Basic Principles of Chinese PhilosophyVolumes 1 & 2by Jiaxiang Hu (South-Central University for Nationalities, China)

Among world’s three major philosophic traditions, Chinese philosophy excels in ethical discourse. As a collective wisdom on a par with Aristotle’s “Ethics” and Kant’s “Critique of Practical Reason”, Chinese philosophy now needs to be systematized and developed. Today, Chinese philosophy per se has often been reduced to the historical approach to it, hence its slower development in comparison with European and Indian philosophies. The author of this book avails himself of Kant’s model of human psychic structure, synthesizes the basic elements of Chinese philosophy into a rigorous theoretical framework, and presents a panoptic view of the edifice of traditional Chinese philosophy.

684pp Mar 2019978-981-3273-88-7(Set) US$168 £150

Study on Chinese Traditional Theory of Artistic Styleby Jiaxiang Hu (South-Central University for Nationalities, China)

The book features an in-depth analysis of pre-modern Chinese discourses on artistic style. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book examines Vitality-Charm and related topics from the perspectives of aesthetics, stylistics, semiotics, cosmology, art history, and socio-cultural history. It reviews the development of, and examines the relations between, the concepts of poetic vision, spiritual resonance, spiritual expressiveness, Vitality-Charm and so on in the tradition of Chinese art (including literature, music, dancing, and drama). The book also attempts to clarify confusions caused by the overlapping and indistinct demarcations between the concepts when they are used in the discourse of, and even the training of art.

540pp Mar 2019978-981-3279-42-1 US$158 £140

Series on Contemporary China - Vol 44

Reform and Development in China After 40 Years edited by Wei Shan (National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Lijun Yang (South China University of Technology, China)

This book provides a comprehensive review of China’s experience in reform and opening up from political, social, and economic perspectives. It attempts to engage existing scholarly debates in three areas — how the party-state has evolved in the past four years; how public attitudes, values and behavior have been intertwined with institutional change, and how the state is expanding its welfare coverage to enhance regime legitimacy. And finally, how China has attempted to explore new engines for its growth, with consideration towards environmental protection and technological progress.

276pp Apr 2019978-981-3274-14-3 US$108 £95

Digital Enablement and Innovation in ChinaA Casebookedited by Shan Ling Pan (University of New South Wales, Australia), et al.

The casebook aims at providing the latest case materials for researchers and students who are keen to learn about the consumerization and transformation effects of digital technology. It is one of the first books covering the best practices of digital enablement in China, which has been the focus many observers among the practitioners as well as academics. The 22 projects analyzed include Zhongguancun InnoWay, OFO Bicycle, Esheke, Taobao, and more.

184pp Apr 2019978-981-3276-35-2 US$68 £60


Silk RoadThe Study of Drama Cultureby Qiang Li (Shaanxi Normal University, China)translated by Fen Gao (Shaanxi Normal University, China)

The book breaks through the concept of regarding Han Drama as the center, yet elaborates the Silk Road drama as an inclusive culture and a prevailing literary art form in human civilization. Relying on his extensive experience and broad vision, the author conducts the thorough study by means of literature, artifacts and academic fieldwork. The book studies the drama culture of all ethnic groups from Asia, Europe and Africa and touches upon the cultural exchanges between China and its neighboring countries. The carefully presented details in this book are aimed to explore all the related fields such as dramaturgy, philology, phonology, religion, history, geography, archeology, ethnology, and folklore between the East and the West from the perspective of cultural anthropology.

856pp Apr 2019978-981-3202-95-5 US$198 £175

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Singapore and Hong Kong: Comparative PerspectivesOn the 20th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover to Chinaedited by Institute of Advanced Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

This volume is a compilation of speeches and presentations delivered at the conference by such heavyweight experts as Wang Gungwu, Antony Leung and Yang Jinlin on the road travelled and the paths ahead for both cities. This volume is an invaluable collection on Hong Kong and Singapore’s past, present and future. Readers can enjoy the salient analysis delivered with great thought and reflective humour.

140pp May 2019978-981-3237-92-6 US$48 £42


China’s Omnidirectional Peripheral Diplomacyedited by Jianwei Wang (University of Macau, China) & Tiang Boon Hoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

This book examines China’s evolving strategies towards its surrounding peripheries. It is the first book to examine in detail President Xi Jinping’s steering of China’s peripheral diplomacy. It argues that China pursues an ambitious, omnidirectional regional diplomacy that emphasizes the entire periphery region, and not just specific peripheries. According to this book, Chinese regional policy cannot be properly and adequately understood without taking into account its full breadth, substance and scope. Featuring chapters that explore China’s evolving policy in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Central Asia, and addressing new developments under Xi, this book fleshes out the intricacies of how China has been managing its peripheral relationships in Asia under new circumstances and new leadership.

408pp May 2019978-981-3141-78-0 US$138 £120

Unravelling Modern Chinaby Haico Ebbers (Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands)

This book provides a comprehensive and balanced view of the main transformations that are happening in the Chinese economy today. This view has developed from more than 200 interviews and numerous surveys (based on primary data), in addition to mainstream literature by academia and consultancy companies. The aim of this book is to help readers understand the often conflicting nature of China, not only from an economic point of view, but also from political and social point of view. In this sense, it tries to give the reader an eclectic picture of China — the country of contradictions.

584pp Jun 2019978-981-3200-27-2 US$148 £130

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Industrial Overcapacity and Duplicate Construction in ChinaReasons and Solutionsby Ping Li Feitao Jiang & Jianhai Cao (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

This book provides an overview on the overcapacity problem facing China and examines the main characteristics of overcapacity in some important industries. It probes into how overcapacity is caused and finds two contributors — change of growth model and institutional flaws. It explores to establish a long-term mechanism for solving the problem. The book concludes that China should establish a long-term mechanism to prevent and resolve overcapacity, and to establish healthy relationship between the market and the government.

292pp Jun 2019978-981-3277-27-4 US$98 £85

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Building the Community of Common Destinyedited by Linggui Wang & Jianglin Zhao (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

The core idea presented in this volume is that the CCD represents a new paradigm for promoting regional collaboration in socio-economic development, and plays a crucial role in reshaping the international geopolitical landscape. Contributors show that the belief in common development and common security transcends differences in cultural tradition and pre-existing level of development. This belief underlies the commitments among countries and regions participating in the BRI to working closely together in pursuit of shared and sustained prosperity.

292pp Jun 2019978-981-3278-71-4 US$98 £85


Suzhou Industrial ParkAchievements, Challenges and Prospectsby John Wong (East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Liang Fook Lye (ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore)

This book studies the Suzhou Industrial Park, a flagship project between the governments of Singapore and China, in a holistic manner, by highlighting not only its economic progress but also the developments on the social front such as its neighbourhood centres, schools, housing and talent attraction. This book details Suzhou Industrial Park’s latest effort in industrial upgrading and transformation in terms of new growth areas as well as the challenges faced. It examines the social achievements of the Park, which are critical in enhancing the overall attractiveness of the Park and distinguishes it from other industrial parks in China and elsewhere.

150pp Jul 2019978-981-120-003-8 US$68 £60eTextbooks Available!

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Series on Innovation and Operations Management for Chinese Enterprises

The Internationalization of Technological Innovation for Chinese Enterprisesby Jin Chen (Tsinghua University, China)

Based on a new perspective, this book explores the theory of internationalization of technological innovation in four aspects, namely strategy, organization, resource allocation and environment, and analyzes the development rules and key points of management in the internationalization of technological innovation for Chinese firms. On the basis of theoretical and empirical studies, this book proposes an evolutionary model of the internationalization of technological innovation. It is hoped that the proposed model will be of value to the advancement of the internationalization of technological innovation for the Chinese firms and will contribute to the enrichment and improvement of the theories in technological innovation.

300pp Jul 2019978-981-3208-66-7 US$128 £113

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The Theory and Policies of Mutual Benefit and Win-Win StrategyResearch on Sustainable Development of China’s Open Economyby Lixin Yu (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) & Wanling Chen

This book provides a comprehensive overview of some issues and policies of mutual benefit and win-win strategies, which include China’s foreign trade and technical barriers to trade, China’s technology progress, China’s service outsourcing industry, China’s direct investment and RMB internationalization. It is an important reference book for Chinese policy-makers, Chinese businessmen and foreigners.

600pp Jul 2019978-981-3235-15-1 US$148 £130


The Belt and Road Initiative in the Global Contextedited by Linggui Wang & Jianglin Zhao (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

This book explores a wide range of topics related to the policies and implementation of the BRI. The topics include the associated risks and challenges, new opportunities for multilateral cooperation, and approaches to promoting the BRI among participating countries. The book analyzes how people and governments in Russia, Egypt, Pakistan, the US, Malaysia, Turkey, Singapore, India and 22 other countries respond to the BRI, and BRI’s impact on the dynamics of national, regional and global development.

200pp Jul 2019978-981-3277-24-3 US$78 £70

A General History of the Chinese in Singaporeedited by Chong Guan Kwa (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) & Bak Lim Kua (Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, Singapore)

The book documents over 700 years of Singapore’s history from her early years, even before Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival. More specifically, it documents the life and development of the Chinese community in Singapore, as well as the role of the Chinese community in growing the nation’s economic, societal, cultural and even political scenes. The book aims to serve as a comprehensive guide for Singaporeans, new immigrants and foreigners to have an epitome of the Singapore society.

800pp Jul 2019978-981-3277-63-2 US$148 £130978-981-3278-32-5(pbk) US$88 £75

Chinese Migrants Write HomeA Dual-Language Anthology of Twentieth-Century Family Lettersedited by Gregor Benton (Cardiff University, UK),Huimei Zhang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) & Hong Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

This book presents around one hundred letters from Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, the USA, and Canada, including photographic reproductions of the original letters, transcriptions in Chinese characters, and English translations, where necessary with explanatory notes. Most of the letters collected in Chinese and non-Chinese archives, and in this sourcebook, were products of the Qiaopi system as traditionally defined. A few, especially some to and from North America, especially in the second half of the twentieth century, went through the Post Office, and were not handled by Chinese remittance companies. Not all the letters accompanied remittances.

600pp Aug 2019978-981-3274-92-1 US$148 £130


Chinese Society in the Xi Jinping Eraedited by Litao Zhao & Dongtao Qi (East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

This book studies the important aspects of China’s social transformation, policy and governance in recent years, including social stability maintenance, education, social media, industrial de-capacity and lay-off campaign, ethnic minority and ethnic policy, elderly care, poverty reduction, and social governance. This book will enable readers to have a better understanding of China’s most important and pressing social issues and relevant social policies.

150pp Aug 2019978-981-3279-78-0 US$78 £70

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Income Distribution and China’s Economic “New Normal”by Haiyuan Wan & Shi Li (Beijing Normal University, China)

As the Chinese economy has moved to a “New Normal” of slower growth and changed model of development, its income distribution is being affected in a number of ways. What exactly are the impacts brought by the new changes? How should we view China’s income distribution on the whole? What trend will we see in the future? With regard to these and other questions that arise against the backdrop of the economic “New Normal”, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the new issues, characteristics and trends in relation to income growth rates, income and wealth gaps, and the proportion of personal income in China.

250pp Aug 2019978-981-120-064-9 US$98 £85


China and East Asian Economic Integrationedited by Sarah Y Tong & Tuan Yuen Kong (East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

This book focuses on China’s importance and efforts in East Asian economic integration by examining the changing patterns of the growing East Asian production network, reviewing the process and achievement of China’s efforts in internationalising its currency and evaluating the efforts to internationalise Chinese firms. It elaborates China’s economic relations with individual neighbouring East Asian economies and discusses the political economy aspect of East Asian economic integration and describes the origins and processes of East Asian economic integration.

150pp Sep 2019978-981-120-031-1 US$68 £60


The Transformation of China’s Economic DevelopmentPerspectives of Sino – US Economistsby Wandong Yang (Renmin University of China, China), et al.

This book examines the economic, cultural and structural factors affecting China’s economic growth, and expounds why China’s economy has been so successful in the past, and the challenges that lie ahead for the country amidst the changing world, new challenges and uncertainties. The authors lay out their thoughts persuasively and powerfully, advocating changes that should be implemented in order to achieve a successful economic transformation of China’s economy. Through an exchange of ideas among the four Chinese authors, each of whom hail from different backgrounds, practical solutions are presented in the book.

320pp Jul 2019978-981-120-167-7 US$108 £95

The Coordination of BRICS Development Strategies Towards Shared Prosperityedited by Linggui Wang & Jianglin Zhao (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (known as bloc), have been working closely together for more than a decade in areas as politics, economics, culture and security. The bloc plays a crucial role in facilitating the growth of not only emerging markets and developing countries, but also the world economy as a whole. It contributes significantly towards improving global governance and the welfare of those living in BRICS countries. Contributed by more than 20 experts from major think tanks in BRICS countries, the chapters in this book analyze how the BRICS countries have realized shared prosperity and achieved global prominence by cooperating with one another. In addition, the authors also look at challenges faced by the bloc, and possible solutions to those problems.

250pp Jul 2019978-981-120-099-1 US$98 £85


Research on Efficiency and Fairness of Resources Allocationby China’s Governmental Administrationby Hong Sheng & Pu Qian (The Unirule Institute of Economics, China)

The book analyzes the resources allocation by government administration in three key areas namely education, health care, and land. A quantitive analysis is developed for describing more precisely the situation of unfairness in fiscal resources allocation. This book also describes how ordinary people address the misposition of resources by governmental administrations by migrating from the provinces with less resources to the provinces with more resources in education or health care. Thus, the books concludes that the actual allocation of resources is determined by the interactions between ordinary people and the government.

350pp Oct 2019978-981-3278-60-8 US$128 £115

Series on Contemporary China

A Critical DecadeChina’s Foreign Policy (2008 – 2018)by Zhiqun Zhu (Bucknell University, USA)

“This is one of the first comprehensive overviews of Chinese foreign policy in the decade covering the transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. It is written in a clear and accessible manner, allowing readers a sense of perspective and some important orientation of what has happened and what it all might mean.” Kerry Brown

King’s College London

200pp Oct 2019978-981-120-077-9 US$98 £85

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative and RMB Internationalizationby Gang Meng (China Development Bank, China) & Zheneng Wu (China-Africa Development Fund, China)

The Chinese economy has long been emphasizing globalization. China is steadily pushing forward RMB internationalization to meet the market requirements emerging from global cooperation that has resulted from the “Belt and Road” initiative. In the perspective of currency development, internationalization of RMB is a general trend and a historical choice. As an important measure of China to fully open up and integrate with international Community, the “Belt and Road” initiative intends to effectively connect relevant countries from different areas such as policies, roads, trade, capital and popular support. The financial cooperation based on domestic currencies is an important aspect of the “Belt and Road” initiative, and an important means to meet the financial needs of various countries. Financing of “Belt and Road” initiative-related projects is obviously helpful for China to adopt more active policies in capital account convertibility and RMB internationalization and to accelerate the process of RMB internationalization.

300pp Nov 2019978-981-3278-89-9 US$118 £105


Environmental Economics Research and China’s Green Development Strategyby Youguo Zhang (Chinese Academy of Social Science, China)

This book discusses several important issues in the practice of China’s green development. It analyzes the carbon mitigation, water conservation and environmental pollution from the perspectives of economic development, technological change, production and demand. The book uses various quantitative methods to reveal the pathways of China’s green development. The findings, discussions and policy implications of this book contribute to the theory and policy studies in China’s green development.

350pp Oct 2019978-981-120-290-2 US$128 £115

Series on China-ASEAN Relations - Vol 2

China-ASEAN Relationsedited by Ying Liang (Guangxi University, China)

This book is the second volume of Series on China-ASEAN Relations. This volume presents comprehensive and in-depth studies of China-ASEAN cooperation and development by Chinese scholars from the China-ASEAN Research Institute of Guangxi University and the China-ASEAN Collaborative Innovation Center for Regional Development.

360pp Nov 2019978-981-120-293-3 US$128 £115

The Technical History of China’s Grand Canalby Xuming Tan (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China), et al.

Based on the past 30-years’ research on the technical and cultural values of China’s Grand Canal, this book, based on interdisciplinary research, studies the natural and social background of the evolution and development of different sections of the Grand Canal in different historical periods, as well as the interrelations between the Grand Canal and the Chinese politics, economics, and culture. It also assesses the effects of the Grand Canal on the progress of the Chinese civilization, engineering technology achievement, the natural environment, and the society, providing the readers with an understanding of China’s Grand Canal from the perspectives of hydraulic engineering and history.

300pp Dec 2019978-1-945552-03-8 US$118 £105

US vs ChinaFrom Trade War to Reciprocal Dealby Thomas Weir Pauken II

US vs China: From Trade War to Reciprocal Deal gives readers an up close account on the rough-and-tumble trade talks between the US and China. The book provides a neutral and balanced perspective in addressing the historical, political and cultural backgrounds that had made US-China trade wars inevitable, but also explains how the two richest and most powerful countries and long-time rivals had eventually reached a consensus to support a bilateral trade agreement for the ages.

300pp Nov 2019978-981-120-414-2 US$45 £40

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Interpreting Zhejiang’s DevelopmentCultural and Social Perspectivesby Lixu Chen (Zhejiang Institute of Administration, China)

This book explores the development of Zhejiang province, an eastern coastal province of China. Since China’s reform and opening-up, Zhejiang has become one of China’s forerunners in economic, social and political transformation. This province has prioritized and encouraged entrepreneurship, and the private sector has played an important role in boosting the regional economy. This book analyzes Zhejiang’s transformation from an underdeveloped region to one of the richest regions in China with unique cultural and social perspectives. It also highlights the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on Zhejiang and its role in this initiative.

426pp Oct 2020978-981-3279-57-5 US$138 £120

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The Political Economy of China’s Belt and Road Initiativeby Lei Zou (Shanghai Administration Institute, China)

404pp Jul 2018978-981-3222-65-6 US$138 £121


China’s Belt and RoadThe Initiative and Its Financial Focusby Xugang Yu (Dentons Law Offices, China),Cristiano Rizzi (Link to Beijing ConsultingPartnership Enterprise, China), Mario Tettamanti(Link To Beijing Consulting Partnership Enterprise, China), Fabio E Ziccardi (Milan University, Italy) & Li Guo (Peking University, China)

356pp Jul 2018978-981-3239-53-1 US$118 £105

2030 Vision for ASEAN-China Strategic PartnershipPerspectives from Think-Tanksedited by Yanjun Guo (China Foreign Affairs University, China)

168pp Aug 2018978-981-3271-57-9 US$78 £70

China’s Township SystemGovernance and Reformby Licai Wu (Central China Normal University, China)

472pp Apr 2018978-981-4675-52-9 US$166 £138


Moralization of Chinaby Xin Liu (UC Berkeley)

220pp Feb 2018978-981-3230-22-4 US$98 £86

Handbook of the Sociology of Youth in BRICS Countriesedited by Tom Dwyer (University of Campinas, Brazil), Mikhail K Gorshkov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), Ishwar Modi (University of Rajasthan, India), Chunling Li (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) & Mokong Simon Mapadimeng (University of Limpopo, South Africa)

1140pp Jan 2018978-981-3148-38-3 US$298 £247

Is This the Asian Century?by Jong-Wha Lee (Korea University, South Korea)

144pp Oct 2017978-981-3227-58-3 US$48 £42

When Trees Fall, Monkeys ScatterRethinking Democracy in Chinaby John Keane (University of Sydney, Australia)

196pp Oct 2017978-1-78634-359-8 US$58 £48

The New Silk Road: China Meets Europe in the Baltic Sea RegionA Business Perspectiveedited by Jean-Paul Larçon (HEC Paris, France)

288pp Jul 2017978-981-3221-80-2 US$108 £90

China in Comparative Perspectiveby Stephan Feuchtwang & Hans Steinmüller (London School of Economics, UK)

308pp Apr 2017978-1-78634-238-6 US$118 £98978-1-78634-239-3(pbk) US$58 £48

The Much Troubled AllianceUS – China Military Cooperation During the Pacific War, 1941 by Emeritus Hsi-sheng Ch’i (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA & Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong)

792pp Oct 2015978-981-4641-83-8 US$202 £168

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China’s 19th Party CongressStart of a New Eraedited by Kerry Brown (King’s College London, UK)

This book gives an overview of key themes domestically and internationally from the 19th Communist Party Congress held in Beijing in October 2017, setting out the main policy priorities for the Xi government in China as the country moves towards fulfillment of the first Centenary Goal, the hundredth anniversary of the Communist Party of China in 2021. Written as the first full length analysis by an international group of authors of different aspects of the Congress, making it perfect for graduate students and researchers, as well as individuals interested in China Studies.

248pp Oct 2018978-1-78634-591-2 US$98 £85

Chinese Firms Going GlobalCan They Succeed?by Joseph Healy (Judo Capital, Australia & University of Queensland, Australia)

The global expansion of Chinese firms is a recent phenomenon, which is not well understood. The book is aimed at providing an important context for understanding the challenges and biases Chinese firms face while going global, using a multi-disciplinary approach weaving themes from history, contemporary Chinese politics, geopolitics, international relations, economics, finance, strategy, culture and society, together with the role of management education in developing entrepreneurs’ capabilities for success. The book will appeal to the growing legion of China-watchers and general readers who are open-minded and keen to better understand the increasing profile of Chinese firms in international markets. Are they a threat?

236pp Nov 2018978-981-3235-93-9 US$58 £51

The Development of GuangdongChina’s Economic Powerhouseby Joseph Yu-Shek Cheng

This volume examines the development of Guangdong, especially the Pearl River Delta, throughout the era of China’s economic reforms and opening to the external world (from 1978). It analyzes the evolution from a labour-intensive, export-oriented manufacturing base to a heavy-industry based economy, then to a high-tech manufacturing center cum regional business services center. This book focusses on the planning and development strategies of the Guangdong leadership and its local counterparts, and the problems and challenges ahead. The author adopts a chronological approach, thus enabling the readers to study the development processes in detail, taking into consideration the benefits offered by as well as the crises in the domestic and international environment.

368pp Aug 2018978-981-3237-36-0 US$148 £130


The South China Sea Disputes and the US – China ContestInternational Law and Geopoliticsby James C Hsiung (New York University, USA)

This book focuses on a region that, next to the Middle East, has become a dragnet of international conflicts in the world. The South China Sea (SCS) region, furthermore, is the subject over which a rumored war may break out between the United States, the extant superpower, and China, an emergent superpower — should the current power transition end up in a Thucydides Trap. The volatility of the situation has gone beyond the long simmering tensions due to overlapping claims by six contending Asian neighbors, to culminate in a nascent crisis surrounding the US – China contest.

204pp Jul 2018978-981-3231-09-2 US$98 £86

China’s ChangeThe Greatest Show on Earthby Hugh Peyman

“China’s Change is essential reading for any serious global investor. Get insights from the perspective of a researcher who sees things from top-down and bottom-up and who has lived in China for 15 years.”

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Government Investment Corporation of Singapore and Adviser to PIMCO

404pp May 2018978-981-3231-42-9 US$78 £69978-981-3231-99-3(pbk) US$38 £33

China Studies in South and Southeast AsiaBetween Pro-China and Objectivismedited by Chih-yu Shih (National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Prapin Manomaivibool (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) & Reena Marwah (Delhi University, India)

The rise of China has reconstituted the regional identity in Asia as well as the lens through which understanding of China and self-understanding are no longer separate processes intellectually. With China in itself undergoing transformation, it is unlikely that one can simply speak of China without multiple qualifications of what one actually refers to. The book gathers authors who come from different scholarly traditions to reflect upon how the presentation of China in academic writings as well as think tank analyses can engender different identity possibilities. The book therefore complicates the category “China” to enable mutual empathy between everything that in one way or another relies on Chineseness as object or subject in accordance with the identity strategies of the China experts.

372pp Oct 2018978-981-3235-24-3 US$118 £105

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