Global China : internal and external reaches / editors, Pak Nung Wong, Yu-shek Joseph Cheng ; contributors, Kathlene G. Aquino [and fourteen others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wong, Pak Nung.

Contributor:

Wong, Pak Nung, editor.

Zheng, Yushuo, 1949- editor.

Aquino, Kathlene G., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--China.

Civil society.

Globalization--China.

Globalization.

China--Social conditions--1949-.

China.

China--Social policy--20th century.

China--Social policy--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"After two decades since the disintegration of Soviet Union in 1991, the largest and the most populist socialist state — the People's Republic of China — does not only manage to stay intact, but has also emerged as the second largest economy in the world. Moreover, its political, diplomatic, military and cultural reaches have been extended to various parts of the world. There have been many factual and fictional discussions and debates in the public domains, on China's apparent rise either as a threat or an opportunity. This book will take on these discussions and debates to provide theory-informed empirical studies regarding a few research questions: How does the People's Republic of China manage to rise and achieve global reaches? How can we effectively conceptualize China's global reaches? What internal and external strategic and security measures have Chinese state adopted in order to maintain such vast and far-reaching constellations of domestic-external nexuses? We consider that the idea and concept of “Global China” is perhaps the most viable analytical instrument to capture such increasingly complex phenomena in association with the rise of China."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; About the Editors; About the Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Globalization: China's Challenges; Introduction: Embracing Globalization; Political Challenges; Economic Challenges; Cultural and Social Challenges; Modernization Diplomacy and Integration with the International Community; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Urbanization: Earning Money but Losing Ethnic Identity?; China's Urbanization Project: Urbanization and Modernity; Language, Ethnic Identity, and Hierarchy; Ethnicity; Language and Ethnicity

Language Policies and Nation-Building of ChinaEthnic Minority Language Policy in China and Guizhou; Governance of Urbanization: Unintended Language Unification and Nation Building; Modernization and Hierarchical Ordering of Differences; Miao Identity and Dominant Language; Conclusion: The Quest for Modernity; References; Chapter 3 Changing Faces of Chinese Labor Regimes: Case Studies in Beijing and Shenzhen; Transformation of Labor Relations in China: A Historical Review; 1949 to 1978 - Before the Reform and Opening-Up of China; 1979-2000 - Reform Era

After 2000 - A New Stage of Socio-Economic Development?Two Worlds of Workers in Beijing: Urban versus Migrant Workers; The Capital City and its Industries; Case Study of SOEs - Factory A; Class Conflict in Shenzhen: Migrant Workers versus Foreign Capital; The SEZ and its Industries; Case Study of an FIE - Factory B; Comparison and Implications; References; Chapter 4 Power and Surveillance in Everyday Life; Unchallenged and Unchallengeable; Invisibility; Birth of Identification Cards; Protecting Rights and Controlling Crime; Humans and Numbers; Golden Shield; Resistance; Society; Conclusion

ReferencesChapter 5 Globalization and the Development of Civil Society in China; Introduction: Globalization and Political Development in China; Civil Society in the Eyes of the Party State; Civic Organizations in China; Problems Encountered by Civic Organizations in China; A New Stage of Civil Society Development; Growth of Civic Organizations; Breakthrough in the Recent Decade; State and Society Relations from Perspective of Social Movements; Efforts to Maintain Social Stability; Future Development Scenarios; Transforming Relationship between CCP State and Society

Concessions of Chinese AuthoritiesEvolving Tactics of Civil Society; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 New Citizens in Urban China: From Exclusion to Inclusion; Introduction; Social Inclusion of "New Citizens" in Urban China; Peasants Becoming New Citizens; Social Inclusion; Social Exclusion of New Citizens in Contemporary Urban China; Promoting Social Inclusion of New Citizens since the 2000s; Hukou System Reform; Labor and Social Rights Protection; Public Services Provision; Political Participation; Next Steps; References

Chapter 7 Re-Inventing Confucianism: Return, Contradictions, and Possibilities

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4596-73-6

OCLC:

922952214