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CHINA STUDIES
Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies
PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY, PEACEBUILDING AND SECURITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
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Evolving Norms, Agenda and Practices
edited by Yanjun Guo & Ji Miao (China Foreign Affairs University, China) Preventive diplomacy constitutes an important part of international conflict resolution mechanisms. This book presents the latest research trends in ideations, institutions and practices in preventive diplomacy and other peacebuilding measures of Asia-Pacific countries to ensure traditional and non-traditional security within and beyond the region. It studies peacebuilding issues range from North Korea nuclear issue in Northeast Asia, disputes in the South China Sea, Afghanistan peace process and China-India-Pakistan interaction in South Asia, UN peacebuilding in Central Asia, etc. It explores general security issues at the state, international, regional and global levels by experts from the Asia-Pacific. Featured Contents: Regime and Ideation: The ASEAN Regional Forum at 25: Moving Forward or Standing Still?; The Interconnection between Religion and Peace from the Perspective of Peace Studies; Approaches and Practices: The North Korean Nuclear Crisis Response from the Perspective of the US Preventive Diplomacy; China’s International Cooperation on Environmental Protection with Opportunities and Challenges under the New Normal; Pakistan’s Attitudes towards China’s Involvement in Regional Conflicts Resolution; Issues and Cases: Practice Mode and Action Dilemma of United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia; and others. Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students.
250pp Feb 2022 978-981-123-552-8 US$88 £75
WSPC-ECNU Series on China - Vol 5
CHINA’S PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
Rediscovery of Chinese Spiritual Essence
edited by Ruiquan Gao & Guanjun Wu (East China Normal University, China) China’s Philosophical Studies: Rediscovery of Chinese Spiritual Essence collects essential research findings of China’s philosophical studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including thoughts in China’s Spring and Autumn Period, Chinese virtue of trust, establishing morals, historical studies of Chinese philosophy, etc. Contents: A Computational Interpretation of Intentionality; One Hundred Years of Philosophy of Science in China; Freedom of Mind: The Source of Feng Qi’s Philosophical Creation; The Theoretical Charm of Marxism; “Dr Hunters” in the Capital; Rebuilding the Virtue of Trust: An Examination of Xin from the Perspective of the History of Ideas; The Tension and Prospect in the World of Thought in China’s Spring and Autumn Period; The Interpretation of Classics and “Establishing Morals”; The Confucian Way as a Philosophical System; Knowledge and Action in a Deweyian Perspective; A Concise History of Chinese Philosophy; A Critical Theorist’s Work Is Never Finished: A Review of Stefan Müller Doohm’s Jürgen Habermas: Eine Biographie; Elusive Understanding-why; Some Fundamental Problems in Buddhology. Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in philosophical studies in China.
300pp Mar 2022 978-981-124-654-8 US$88 £75
edited by Guodong Sun (Fudan University, China) Translated by: Dongyun Sun (Fudan University, China)
This book analyzes the importance of culture and the impact of culture on China’s development. It studies strategic and cuttingedge theoretical topics on civilization revival, cultural development and cultural (re)construction in the Chinese context. Topics covered in the book include the position of Chinese culture in the history of world civilizations, the cultural revival in contemporary China, the function of Confucian culture in modern society, the rightful rule of the construction of Chinese cultural identity in transitional China, the pluralistic symbiosis of contemporary Chinese cultures, reconstruction of national ideology, the development of the cultural soft power and the cultural industry in contemporary China, the establishment of China’s international image, among others. Featured Contents: How Culture Can Contribute to State Quality; China Changing the World: Exploring the Origin of World Civilization from the Perspective of Chinese Culture; New Mandates in an Old Country: Cultural Revival as Extension of a Nation’s Lifeblood; On the Contemporary Significance of “The Rule of Ritual”; Overview of the “New Cardinal Guides and Constant Virtues”; Confucianism and the Shaping of Modern Social Order in China; State Neutrality under the Regulation of the Common Political Culture: A Fundamental Law for the Construction of Cultural Identity in Transitional China; and others.
Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in Chinese culture and its impact on China’s development.
400pp Mar 2022 978-981-124-532-9 US$138 £120
WSPC-ECNU Series on China - Vol 6
CHINESE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES STUDIES
Collection of Important Topics
edited by Ruiquan Gao & Guanjun Wu (East China Normal University, China) This book collects important researches on social sciences and humanities conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including emotions of homeland, special events in Chinese literary and art history, Chinese population studies, media research, democracy at grass-root level, elderly people situation, etc. Featured Contents: An Exploration of the Spiritual “Original Homeland” of Chinese Ethics: A Review of the Conceptual History of “Emotion”; Contemporary Full-Length Novels: A Literary Symbol; The Novel Monthly and Chinese Literature in the 1920s; Cultural Warfare: The Context and Situation of Chinese Literary Criticism in the 20th Century; To Transform Knowledge into Wisdom: On the Logical Starting Point for Literary and Art Theories; On the Momentariness of Image Creation; Lu Xun’s Theories on New Fine Art; Hu Huanyong’s Contributions to Chinese Population Geography: In Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Discovery of the “Hu Huanyong Line”; Money in the Social Sciences: The Individual, Society, the State and Beyond; An Empirical Study of English Translations of Popular Chinese Neologisms and Their Acceptability; Exploring the Accountability Linkage between Local Congress Deputies and Constituents in China; and others. Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in Chinese social sciences and humanities.
300pp Mar 2022 978-981-124-657-9 US$88 £75
Series on Chinese Economics Research
by Yang Cao (Central China Normal University, China) Translated by: Ming Dong (Zhejiang Gongshang University, China) & Xue Li (Zhejiang Gongshang University, China)
This book constructs a new theoretical framework for understanding contemporary Chinese agricultural production organizations from the perspective of promoting farmers’ realization of “substantial freedom” and “feasible ability”. The new theoretical framework deepens and expands the theory of agricultural modernization and production organization. The book discusses the “multi-symbiosis” pattern of agricultural production organizations in contemporary China from macro and micro economics perspectives. Based on the peasant household economy, this multi-symbiosis organizational structure co-exists and interweaves with various forms of economic organizations.
Featured Contents: Introduction; Analytical Framework: Freedom and Organization; The Historical Context and Inherent Logic of the Transition of Agricultural Production Organization in Contemporary China: Interpretation Based on Peasants’ Freedom; Pluralism and Symbiosis: The Basic Framework of the Agricultural Production Organization in Contemporary China; Transforming Small Farming: The Key to the Modernization of Agricultural Production Organizations in Contemporary China; Who Organizes Peasant Cooperative Organizations and Whom to Organize; and others.
Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students.
500pp Feb 2022 978-981-124-226-7 US$168 £150
WSPC-ECNU Series on China - Vol 8
POLICY REVIEW OF CHINA’S EDUCATION
edited by Zhenguo Yuan, Shuangye Chen & Li You (East China Normal University, China) Policy Review of China’s Education collects important researches of China’s education policies mainly conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers various aspects of educational policy studies in China including Regulatory Policies on Private Supplementary Tutoring in China, Accelerated Move for AI Education in China, New Higher Education Policy, nongovernmental education, etc. It showcases the significant contributions to scholarship in education policies studies in China. Featured Contents: The “Double First Class” Initiative under Top-Level Design; Making Teaching an Enviable Profession: New Epoch-Making Teacher Policy in China and Challenges; Review of Regulatory Policies on Private Supplementary Tutoring in China; School Choice in China: Past, Present, and Future; The Composition and Evolution of China’s High Level Talent Programs in Higher Education; Competence for Students’ Future: Curriculum Change and Policy Redesign in China; Accelerated Move for AI Education in China; New National Initiatives of Modernizing Education in China; Refreshing China’s Labor Education in the New Era: Policy Review on Education Through Physical Labor; China’s New Laws and Policies on Nongovernmental Education: Background, Characteristics, and Impact Analysis; and others. Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in Chinese education.
