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Prosperity : China story Yearbook 2017 / edited by Jane Golley and Linda Jaivin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Golley, Jane, Editor.
- Series:
- China story yearbook ; 2017
- China story yearbook, 2017
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- China.
- China--Social conditions--2000-.
- China--Politics and government--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxix, 365 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- China story Yearbook 2017 Prosperity
- Prosperity
- Place of Publication:
- ANU Press 2018
- Acton, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A ‘moderately prosperous society’ with no Chinese individual left behind—that’s the vision for China set out by Chinese President Xi Jinping in a number of important speeches in 2017. ‘Moderate’ prosperity may seem like a modest goal for a country with more billionaires (609 at last count) than the US. But the ‘China Story’ is a complex one. The China Story Yearbook 2017: Prosperity surveys the important events, pronouncements, and personalities that defined 2017. It also presents a range of perspectives, from the global to the individual, the official to the unofficial, from mainland China to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Together, the stories present a richly textured portrait of a nation that in just forty years has lifted itself from universal poverty to (unequally distributed) wealth, changing itself and the world in the process.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Introduction
- Money Changes Everything
- Acknowledgements
- The Cover Image
- Forum
- Wine, Gods, and Morning Dew
- Toppling Liu Xiaobo
- 1. The Nineteenth Party Congress: Here Comes the Future
- Saviours and Slackers
- Ode to Joy
- 2. The Belt and Road Initiative: How to Win Friends and Influence People
- When Not to Respect Your Elders
- Shangri-la and the Curse of Xi Jinping
- Kangbashi: The Richest 'Ghost Town' in China
- 3. North Korea: A Year of Crisis
- Peripheral Trouble: The Sino-Indian Standoff
- Asian Powers in Africa: Win, Win, Win, Win?
- 4. China's Power, the United States, and the Future of Australia
- Dreams of Prosperity in Papua New Guinea
- The Chinese Dreams of Arabian Traders in Yiwu
- A Shared Destiny: Dungans and the New Silk Road
- 5. Precarious Wealth: The Search for Status and Security
- The End of Ivory
- Feasting on Donkey Skin
- Hey Big Spender: China's Luxury Travellers
- 6. Magic Cities, Future Dreams - Urban Contradictions
- To Give is Glorious
- The Psycho Boom
- Doing Well, Dying Well
- 7. To Prosper or Perish
- Arguing with Robots
- 8. Human Rights in the Age of Prosperity
- Death Penalty Reform
- Criminal Villages and Roving Crime
- Rethinking China's Agriculture
- 9. Prosperity and Freedom: Hong Kong's Dilemma
- Taiwan: Seventy Years On - A Difficult Anniversary
- Rainbow Connections
- Chronology
- Notes
- Contributors
- Online Material
- List of Information Windows
- Previous China Story Yearbooks.
- Notes:
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781760462031
- 1760462039
- OCLC:
- 1041707381
- Publisher Number:
- 10.22459/CSY.04.2018
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