China 2020: The Next Decade for the People’s Republic of China (Chandos Asian Studies Series)

This book presents eight separate essays and provides the reader with a unique perspective and objective judgement of where China will stand by the end of the current decade. It is suitable reading for foreign policy practitioners, academics and anyone interested in one of the world's fastest-developing countries. The eight essays cover the following topics: China's internal politics; China's military; China's economy; China's international image and its international relations; China's legal development and China's western regional development plans. China 2020 assesses where these issues stand today and highlights their likely trajectory over the following decade. A unique feature of this book is that it looks in particular at the policy impact, both for China and other countries, and all the most and least likely outcomes for China's development in these areas.* Concentrates on the practical policy impacts and the expected outcomes each of the above areas will have * Deals with issues like the opening up of China's undeveloped western area. A subject with little coverage in other mainstream books on China * Takes a short to mid-term view of China's development, so that the period is highly definable and the contours of what might happen are already clear This book presents eight separate essays and provides the reader with a unique perspective and objective judgement of where China will stand by the end of the current decade. It is suitable reading for foreign policy practitioners, academics and anyone interested in one of the world’s fastest-developing countries. The eight essays cover the following topics: China’s internal politics; China’s military; China’s economy; China’s international image and its international relations; China’s legal development and China’s western regional development plans. China 2020 assesses where these issues stand today and highlights their likely trajectory over the following decade. A unique feature of this book is that it looks in particular at the policy impact, both for China and other countries, and all the most and least likely outcomes for China’s development in these areas.

• Concentrates on the practical policy impacts and the expected outcomes each of the above areas will have
• Deals with issues like the opening up of China’s undeveloped western area. A subject with little coverage in other mainstream books on China
• Takes a short to mid-term view of China’s development, so that the period is highly definable and the contours of what might happen are already clear

"This book presents eight separate essays and provides the reader with a unique perspective and objective judgement of where China will stand by the end of the current decade. It is suitable reading for foreign policy practitioners, academics and anyone interested in one of the world's fastest-developing countries. The eight essays cover the following topics: China's internal politics; China's military; China's economy; China's international image and its international relations; China's legal development and; China's western regional development plans. China 2020 assesses where these issues stand today and highlights their likely trajectory over the following decade. A unique feature of this book is that it looks in particular at the policy impact, both for China and other countries, and the most and least likely outcomes for China's development in these areas. Readership: Policy makers dealing with China in government, and in companies with interests in or around China, and those who run non government organisations. Students and academics specialising in regional studies, and international studies and relations will also have an interest in this book."--Publisher's website. Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii,v Copyright , Page vi Dedication , Page vii Foreword , Pages xiii-xiv , Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson Preface , Pages xv-xix , Kerry Brown Acknowledgements , Page xxi List of abbreviations , Pages xxiii-xxiv About the authors , Pages xxv-xxvii 1 - China in 2020: the leadership and the Party , Pages 1-18 , Kate Westgarth 2 - China 2020: international relations , Pages 19-45 , Kerry Brown 3 - The Chinese economy in the next decade , Pages 47-75 , Peter Wood 4 - China’s military in 2020 , Pages 77-112 , Gary Li 5 - China’s environment in 2020 , Pages 113-135 , Jonathan Watts 6 - China’s western regions 2020: their national and global implications , Pages 137-171 , Tim Summers China’s rule of law , Pages 173-199 , Elizabeth Corrin 8 - China’s ‘soft power’ development by 2020 , Pages 201-232 , Victoria Tuke Index , Pages 233-240