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'Critical Issues in Contemporary China 'offers up-to-date and in-depth coverage of the social, political and economic problems facing contemporary China. It provides students with a comprehensive analysis of a number of key issues including: Critical developments in Chinese politics The privatization of China's economy and social services Regional economic inequalities Environmental problems Population growth and food security Ethnic minorities Social change Social and economic inequalities Cross-strait relations with Taiwan By examining the three interrelated themes of stability, sustainable development and territorial integrity, the contributors raise important questions regarding the Chinese Communist Party's capacity to continue fast paced economic development and maintain the territorial unity of 'China. Critical Issues in Contemporary China' is both accessible and informative with a number of useful pedagogical features that will equip undergraduates with the analytical skills needed to assess the political, economic and social challenges surrounding China as it enters the twenty-first century.''

China --- Economic conditions --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- S02/0154 --- S06/0223 --- S10/0251 --- S11/0497 --- S11/1215 --- S20/0315 --- S20/0500 --- China: General works--China (and Asia): since 1989 --- China: Politics and government--People's Republic: general: since 1976 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--General works and economic history: since 1989 --- China: Social sciences--Society since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Works on national minorities and special groups: since 1949 --- China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--Rice and wheat: after 1949 --- China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--Environmental policy, pollution

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"This book analyses Chinese social constructions of sovereignty in the context of the East China Sea conflict. It specifically explores China and Taiwan's overlapping cross-Strait sovereignty claims and their domestic debates and policies towards the territorial dispute. Providing an up-to-date discussion of the East China Sea conflict, the book challenges conventional assumptions regarding both Beijing's and Taipei's adherence to the classical notion of Westphalian sovereignty. Instead, it brings China and Taiwan into the Constructivist analytical framework and develops a domestic agency-focused approach to demonstrate the social power of ideas and the centrality of domestic actors in the production of sovereignty. Offering a comprehensive examination of Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and US responses at the domestic and international levels, the book studies the existing sovereignty narratives and the coordination of efforts made by the PRC and ROC authorities to counter Japan's territorial claims in the East China Sea. Featuring extensive analysis of the conceptual approaches to understanding Chinese sovereignty, Chinese Constructions of Sovereignty and the East China Sea Conflict will be useful for students and scholars of Chinese and Asian politics, as well as international relations and security studies"--

Territorial waters --- East China Sea --- China --- Taiwan --- Japan --- International status. --- Foreign relations