04900nam 22007573u 450 991045161210332120210108123313.01-280-66909-897866136460261-938134-02-8(CKB)2550000000101655(EBL)919126(OCoLC)789540029(SSID)ssj0000654876(PQKBManifestationID)11395480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000654876(PQKBWorkID)10673573(PQKB)11017867(MiAaPQ)EBC919126(EXLCZ)99255000000010165520130418d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe China Wave[electronic resource] Rise of a Civilizational StateHackensack, N.J. World Century Publishing Corporation20121 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-938134-00-1 Preface to the English Edition; Acknowledgments; CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1: Not Misreading Oneself; 1.1 A Fast-Changing World; 1.2 The Unusual Ascent; 1.3 Surpassing Japan; 1.4 The GDP Paradox; 1.5 To the Top; Chapter 2: China's 1 + 1 > 2; 2.1 The "Quasi-Developed Countries" within China; 2.2 The Size of China's Middle Class; 2.3 The "Emerging Economies" within China; 2.4 Why China's 1 + 1 > 2?; Chapter 3: The Rise of a Civilizational State; 3.1 China's Rocky Path towards a Nation-State; 3.2 The Rise of a Civilizational State; (1) Super-large Population; (2) Super-vast Territory(3) Super-long Traditions(4) Super-rich Culture; (5) Unique Language; (6) Unique Politics; (7) Unique Society; (8) Unique Economy; 3.3 A New Perspective; 3.4 Looking at China Afresh; (1) Be Ambitious; (2) Education Matters; (3) Look After the Elderly; (4) Save More; (5) Look over the Horizon; Chapter 4: The Rise of a Development Model; 4.1 Reflections after the Crises; 4.2 The China Model May Win Out; (1) Practice-based Reasoning; (2) A Strong State; (3) Prioritizing Stability; (4) Primacy of People's Livelihood; (5) Gradual Reform; (6) Correct Priorities and Sequence; (7) Mixed Economy(8) Opening Up to the Outside World4.3 Shaping the Chinese Standards; Chapter 5: The Rise of a New Political Discourse; 5.1 Political Reform, the Chinese Way; 5.2 Debating Human Rights; 5.3 The Rise of a New Political Discourse; (1) Shishi qiushi (Seeking Truth from Facts); (2) Minsheng weida (Primacy of People's Livelihood); (3) Zhengti siwei (Holistic Thinking); (4) Zhengfu shi biyaodeshan (Government as a Necessary Virtue); (5) Liangzheng shanzhi (Good Governance); (6) Minxin xiangbei and xuanxian renneng (Winning the Hearts and Minds of the People and Meritocracy)(7) Jianshou bingxu (Selective Learning and Adaptation)(8) Hexie zhongdao (Harmony and Moderation); Chapter 6: The End of the End of History; 6.1 The Western Model: from India to Eastern Europe; 6.2 The Western Model: East Asia and Beyond; 6.3 Debating with Fukuyama: The End of the End of History; IndexThis is a best-seller in China and a geopolitical book for our times. As a leading thinker from China, Zhang Weiwei provides an original, comprehensive and engrossing study on the rise of China and its effective yet controversial model of development, and the book has become a centerpiece of an unfolding debate within China on the nature and future of the world's most populous nation and its possible global impact. China's rise, according to Zhang, is not the rise of an ordinary country, but the rise of a different type of country, a country sui generis, a civilizational state, a new model ofChina -- Economic conditionsChina -- Politics and governmentChina -- Social conditionsNational characteristics, ChineseEast and WestRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHILCCBusiness & EconomicsHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCEconomic HistoryHILCCEast AsiaHILCCElectronic books.China -- Economic conditions.China -- Politics and government.China -- Social conditions.National characteristics, ChineseEast and WestRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastBusiness & EconomicsHistory & ArchaeologyEconomic HistoryEast Asia320.951Zhang Weiwei720355AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910451612103321The China Wave2289565UNINA