This new edition revises and up-dates the first. It contains a completely new section on international economic factors in the political economy chapters, as well as material on the World Trade Organization, globalization, foreign investment and much more. Addressing new policy problems such as the spread of AIDS in China, and analyzing Hong Kong, Macau's return and China's relationship with Taiwan, the book also covers the Chinese diaspora. Marc Blecher provides arguments and analyzes informed by social science theory and a comparative perspective, striving to inform and challenge newcomers as well as those with some working knowledge of China.
- ISBN10 082646422X
- ISBN13 9780826464224
- Publish Date 1 November 2003 (first published 1 May 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 February 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English