The China Reader

Table of Contents PREFACE INTRODUCTION David Shambaugh, The Complexities of a Rising China RISING CHINA Editorial Introduction I. Viewing China's Rise-Alternative Perspectives · Martin Jacques, The Eight Differences That Define China · Zheng Bijian, China's "Peaceful Rise" to Great Power Status · John Mearsheimer, China's Unpeaceful Rise · David Shambaugh, The Illusion of Chinese Power POLITICS Editorial Introduction I. Elite Politics · Joseph Fewsmith, Elite Politics: The Struggle for Normality II. Dissent · Anonymous, Charter '08 · Xu Zhiyong, For Freedom, Justice, and Love: My Closing Statement to the Court III. Ideology · Hu Jintao, Achieving New Victory for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics · The Economist, Ideology in China: Confucius Makes a Comeback-You Can't Keep a Good Sage Down · General Office of the Central Committee, Document No. 9 (2013) IV. The Future of the CCP · Hu Jintao, Firmly March on the Path of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive to Complete the Building of a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects: Making Party Building More Scientific in All Respects · Xi Jinping, Speech on the 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress · Minxin Pei, Is CCP Rule Fragile or Resilient? · Bruce Dickson, No "Jasmine" for China ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Editorial Introduction I. Building an Economic Superpower · CIA, China: Economy-Overview · Barry Naughton, Economic Growth: From High-Speed to High-Quality · Hu Jintao, Accelerating the Improvement of the Socialist Market Economy and the Change of the Growth Model II. State Capacity & Governance · Minxin Pei, China's Governance Crisis III. Going Global · Justin Yifu Lin, China and the Global Economy · David Shambaugh, Are China's Corporations Really Multinational? RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT Editorial Introduction I. Environment and Climate Change · Beina Xu, China's Environmental Crisis · Information Office of the State Council, China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change II. Energy Challenges · Damian Ma, China's Search for a New Energy Strategy SOCIETY Editorial Introduction I. Rich and Poor · Martin King Whyte, China's Post-Socialist Inequality II. Demography and Gender · Wang Feng, China's Population Destiny: The Looming Crisis · Information Office of the State Council, Figures & Facts: Gender Equality and Women's Development in China III. Nationalism & Identity · Jean-Pierre Cabestan, The Many Facets of Chinese Nationalism IV. Religion · Richard Madsen, The Upsurge of Religion in China V. Youth · Evan Osnos, Angry Youth VI. Urban and Rural · Lianjiang Li, Driven to Protest: China's Rural Unrest · The Economist, Building the (China) Dream VII. Ethnic Tensions · Yan Sun, The Roots of China's Ethnic Conflicts LAW, RIGHTS, & CIVIL SOCIETY Editorial Introduction I. Progress and Limits in the Rule of Law · Jamie Horsely, The Rule of Law: Pushing the Limits of Party Rule II. Corruption and Crime · Minxin Pei, Fighting Corruption: A Difficult Challenge for Chinese Leaders · The Economist, Murder Mysteries III. Human Rights · Human Rights Watch, World Report 2014: China IV. Civil Society · The Economist, Beneath the Glacier: Civil Society in China · Elizabeth Perry, Citizen Contention and Campus Calm: The Paradox of Chinese Civil Society MEDIA, CULTURE, AND THE ARTS Editorial Introduction I. The Mainstream Media · Rachel Murphy, Civil Society and Media in China · Beina Xu, Media Censorship in China II. The Internet and Social Media · The Economist, A Giant Cage: China's Internet III. The Intelligentsia · Merle Goldman, China's Beleaguered Intellectuals IV. Soft Power · Hu Jintao, Developing a Strong Socialist Culture in China · Joseph Nye, China's Soft Power Deficit THE MILITARY AND SECURITY Editorial Introduction I. China's Security Calculus · Xi Jinping, Work Together to Maintain World Peace and Security II. Modernizing the Military · Richard Bitzinger, Modernizing China's Military, 1997-2012 III. The Internal Security State · Murray Scot Tanner, China Rethinks Unrest · The Economist, China's Security State: The Truncheon Budget IV. Global Security · David Shambaugh, China's Roles in Global Security FOREIGN RELATIONS Editorial Introduction I. China Views the World · Wang Jisi, China's Search for a Grand Strategy: A Rising Great Power Finds its Way · David Shambaugh, Coping with a Conflicted China II. The Asian Neighborhood · Philip Saunders, China's Role in Asia: Attractive or Assertive? · Zhang Jiuhuan, Fruitful Results and Broad Prospects: A Review of Twenty Years of China-ASEAN Relations · Valerie Niquet, China and Central Asia III. The United States and China · Kenneth Lieberthal, The China-US Relationship Goes Global · Wu Xinbo, Agenda for a New Great Power Relationship IV. Russia and Europe · Andrew Kuchins, Russia and China: The Ambivalent Embrace · Odd Arne Westad, China and Europe: Opportunities or Dangers? V. The Global South · Peter Ferdinand, China and the Developing World · Joshua Eisenman and Joshua Kurlantzick, China's Africa Strategy · David Shambaugh, Assessing China's Impact in Latin America · Yun Sun, The BRICS and China's Aspiration for the New International Order VI. Global Governance · Robert Zoellick, Whither China: From Membership to Responsibility? · Michael Fullilove, China and the United Nations: The Stakeholder Spectrum "GREATER" CHINA Editorial Introduction I. Hong Kong and Taiwan · Hu Jintao, Enriching the Practice of "One Country, Two Systems" and Advancing China's Reunification · The Economist, Political City · Richard Bush, China and Taiwan CHINA FACES THE FUTURE Editorial Introduction: Whither China? I. Muddle Through, Adaptation, or the End of Dynasty? · Wang Yi, Peaceful Development and the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation · Andrew G. Walder, Unruly Stability: Why China's Regime Has Staying Power · Orville Schell and John Delury, A Rising China Needs a New National Story · Andrew Nathan, China at the Tipping Point? Seeing the Unforeseeable ABOUT THE EDITOR ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS