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China's Assertive Nuclear Posture

State Security in an Anarchic International Order

By: Baohui Zhang

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China's Assertive Nuclear Posture

State Security in an Anarchic International Order

By: Baohui Zhang

China’s nuclear capability is crucial for the balance of power in East Asia and the world. As this book reveals, there have been important changes recently in China’s nuclear posture: the movement from a minimum deterrence posture toward a medium nuclear power posture; the pursuit of space warfare and missile defence capabilities; and, most significantly, the omission in the 2013 Defence White Paper of any reference to the principle of No First Use. Employing the insights of structural realism, this book argues that the imperatives of an anarchic international order have been the central drivers of China’s nuclear assertiveness. The book also assesses the likely impact of China’s emerging nuclear posture on its neighbours and on the international strategic balance, especially with the United States. The book concludes by examining China’s future nuclear directions in the context of its apparent shift toward a more offensive-oriented international strategy.

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Routledge

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1317629310

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9781317629313

Revolutions as Organizational Change

The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926–1934

By: Baohui Zhan

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Revolutions as Organizational Change

The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926–1934

By: Baohui Zhan

By comparing peasant revolutions in Hunan and Jiangxi between 1926 and 1934, Revolutions as Organizational Change offers a new organizational perspective on peasant revolutions. Utilizing newly available historical materials in the People’s Republic of China in the reform era, it challenges the established view that the great Chinese revolution of the twentieth century was a revolution “made” by the Chinese Communist Party (the CCP). The book begins with a puzzle presented by the two peasant revolutions. While outside mobilization by the CCP was largely absent in Hunan, peasant revolutionary behaviors were spontaneous and radical. In Jiangxi, however, despite intense mobilization by the CCP, peasants remained passive and conservative. This study seeks to resolve the puzzle by examining the roles of communal cooperative institutions in the making of peasant revolutions. Historically, peasant communities in many parts of the world were regulated by powerful cooperative institutions to confront environmental challenges. This book argues that different communal organizational principles affect peasants’ perceptions of the legitimacy of their communal orders. Agrarian rebellions can be caused by peasants’ attempts to restructure unjust and illegitimate communal organizational orders, while legitimate communal organizational orders can powerfully constrain the mobilization by outside revolutionary agents such as the CCP. “In this thorough comparative account of the peasant risings in Hunan and Jiangxi and the role of the Communist Party, Professor Zhang casts new light on both the risings themselves, and what they can tell us about peasant risings in general. This work is strong in both theory and detailed historical research.” —Richard Rigby, professor, China Institute, Australian National University “Professor Zhang has beautifully crafted a comparative study of divergent peasant revolutions in two Chinese regions during Mao’s long revolutionary war. He brings to this task a broad and deep knowledge about revolutionary theory, and also a razor-like analytical sensibility, which enables him to examine the pros and cons of existing perspectives.” —Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley, associate professor of sociology, Georgetown University

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Hong Kong University Press

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988820839X

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9789888208395

Media Transparency in China

Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality

By: Baohui Xie

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Media Transparency in China

Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality

By: Baohui Xie

This book argues that the gap between the official transparency rhetoric and the censorship reality has demonstrated the discrepancy between what the Party is and what it claims to be. Such a discrepancy is manifested by the reality that the reformed news industry, a hybrid of market-oriented commercialization and party-state control, has largely failed to deliver either the voice of the disenfranchised groups or the value of journalism. To observe the discrepancy, this book investigates the role of transparency in the Chinese news media. Media transparency, which goes beyond the issue of censorship and press freedom, has been undermined by the consensus reached between the party-state and the media on political and market control. It is this mutually accommodating and benefiting scheme between power and profits that has been hollowing out the substance of the transparency rhetoric and distorting the Marxist idea of press freedom as freedom for all. This book argues that the cause of such a gap between rhetoric and reality is rooted in the disjuncture of political representation of both the party-state and the profit-seeking media.

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Lexington Books

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0739183273

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9780739183274

Revolutions as Organizational Change

The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926–1934

By: Baohui Zhan

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The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926–1934

By: Baohui Zhan

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Competition Law in China

Laws, Regulations, and Cases

By: Sébastien J. Evrard,Peter J. Wang,Yizhe Zhang

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Competition Law in China

Laws, Regulations, and Cases

By: Sébastien J. Evrard,Peter J. Wang,Yizhe Zhang

The only bilingual (Chinese/English) compilation of all legal texts applicable to the area of competition law in China. It comprehensively includes laws, regulations, judicial interpretations and administrative decisions.

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OUP Oxford

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0198703821

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9780198703822

Media Transparency in China

Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality

By: Baohui Xie

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Rethinking Rhetoric and Reality

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China's Assertive Nuclear Posture

China's Assertive Nuclear Posture

Revolutions as Organizational Change

Revolutions as Organizational Change

Media Transparency in China

Media Transparency in China

Revolutions as Organizational Change

Revolutions as Organizational Change

Competition Law in China

Competition Law in China

Media Transparency in China

Media Transparency in China

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