Political Developments in Contemporary China: A Guide

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ISBN: 9780415580854 | 0415580854
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/27/2010

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This book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of contemporary political developments in China. Key topics include human rights and China's international relations with its neighbours and with the international community more widely. This is the companion volume to Economic Developments in Contemporary China: A Guide (also published by Routledge).

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Demographic, historical and political background	p. 2
Population	p. 2
Chinese civilization	p. 5
The period 1911 to 1949	p. 10
Communist China	p. 11
Demography	p. 29
China and Taiwan	p. 47
A chronology of events since 4 May 2006	p. 48
The regaining of sovereignty over Hong Kong and Macao (and later developments)	p. 134
The regaining of sovereignty over Macao on 20 December 1999	p. 134
The regaining of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997	p. 137
A chronology of political events since 1 July 2006	p. 138
Tibet	p. 161
Historical background	p. 161
Demographic, social and economic developments	p. 167
A chronology of important events	p. 171
A chronology of events since May 1995	p. 171
Uighurs	p. 326
A chronology of political events since 9 May 2006	p. 329
Human rights	p. 382
A chronology of developments in human rights since 16 May 2006	p. 388
Religion: a chronology of developments since 3 May 2006	p. 420
The use of the internet and mobile phones	p. 432
Study abroad	p. 470
Direct elections at the local level	p. 471
Health issues	p. 472
SARS and EV71	p. 472
Bird flu	p. 476
AIDS	p. 516
Pig disease	p. 523
Swine flu	p. 525
Pneumonic plague	p. 537
Food contamination and defective goods	p. 538
Developments, congresses and Central Committee sessions since May 2006	p. 634
The earthquake of 12 May 2008	p. 758
The Olympic Games	p. 821
General developments from 20 August 2008 onwards	p. 866
Postscript	p. 958
Bibliography	p. 1016
Index	p. 1027
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