LEADER 05375nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910464802203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-85087-7 010 $a981-4407-83-6 035 $a(CKB)3400000000087235 035 $a(EBL)1080985 035 $a(OCoLC)817600215 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000914060 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11472040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000914060 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10863079 035 $a(PQKB)11582062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1080985 035 $a(WSP)00002807 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1080985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627505 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL416337 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000087235 100 $a20121210d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEast Asia$b[electronic resource] $edevelopments and challenges /$fYongnian Zheng, Liang Fook Lye 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific Pub.$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 225 1 $aSeries on contemporary China ;$vvol. 32 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4407-82-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction East Asia: Developments and Challenges; FOREWORD; OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS; Chapter 2 China's Politics: Maintaining Status Quo and Preparing for Leadership Succession; AN ALMIGHTY GOVERNMENT VERSUS A MORE PLURALISTIC SOCIETY; IN PREPARATION OF THE 18TH PARTY CONGRESS; CCP'S HEADACHE: AN INCREASINGLY DISGRUNTLED SOCIETY; CONTINUING ETHNIC TENSIONS; IDEOLOGICAL DEBATES AMONG INTELLECTUAL GROUPS; LOOKING AHEAD TO CHINESE POLITICS; Chapter 3 China's Economy: Moderate Slowdown, Still Weaker Growth Prospects for 2012 327 $aTHE GROWTH PATTERN STARTING TO CHANGERISKS AND CHALLENGES FOR 2012; Inflation; Property bubble; Public debt; Renminbi exchange rate; Chapter 4 China's Foreign Policy: Coping with Shifting Geopolitics and Maintaining Stable External Relations; CHINA-US RELATIONS: COMPETITION AMID COOPERATION; CHINA AS "CUDDLY PANDA" TO THE EU; CHINA-JAPAN AND CHINA-INDIA RELATIONS: MENDING FENCES AND FRAYING TIES; CHINA-ASEAN RELATIONS: RESPONDING TO CONCERNS AND EMPHASISING COOPERATION; CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS: MAKING STEADY PROGRESS; CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY IN 2012 AND BEYOND 327 $aA CHRONOLOGY OF SELECTED KEY EVENTS IN CHINA'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2011Chapter 5 Japan's Politics: Under the Shadow of the Triple Disasters; 2011: A MOST HORRIBLE YEAR; NO "CREATIVE DESTRUCTION"7 OF JAPAN'S "NUCLEAR VILLAGE"?; JAPANESE POLITICS: "CREATIVE DESTRUCTION"?16; UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS: 2011-2012; FOREIGN POLICY: 2011-12; EPILOGUE: 2011-12; Chapter 6 The Korean Peninsula Faces Uncertainties and Challenges; RISING TENSIONS ON THE PENINSULA; CHINA'S BALANCING ACT; UNCERTAINTIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE YEARS AHEAD; CONCLUSION; Chapter 7 Taiwan's 2012 Presidential and Legislative Elections 327 $aMA'S STABILITY CARD DEFEATS TSAI'S SOCIAL JUSTICE CARDIMPORTANT BACKGROUND TO THE 2012 ELECTIONS; General context; Economic context: economic uncertainty and weak recovery, but better economic prospects with the Mainland; Political context: DPP's revival in local elections; Social context: rising Taiwanese nationalism; International context: tension and cooperation between China and the United States; CAMPAIGNS AND PLATFORMS; Platforms of the three candidates; Major campaign events and fluctuating popular support; POST-ELECTION CHALLENGES FOR MA AND THE DPP 327 $aChapter 8 Taiwan's Economy: Unspectacular Growth and Further Dependence on ChinaTAIWAN'S ECONOMY IN 2011: WEAKER EXPORTS BUT CONSUMPTION REMAINS STRONG; ECONOMIC RELATIONS ACROSS THE STRAIT INTENSIFY; ECFA AND TAIWAN'S GROWING DEPENDENCE ON CHINA; CHALLENGES FOR TAIWAN'S FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Challenges to exports; Challenges to domestic consumption; Challenge to develop service-driven economy; Chapter 9 US-Taiwan Relations under Ma Ying-Jeou; THE 2012 ELECTION AND CHALLENGES TO US-TAIWAN RELATIONS; WARMING-UP AFTER MA TOOK OFFICE IN 2008 327 $aMA'S SECOND TERM OF PRESIDENCY-WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? 330 $aThe aim of the book is to provide readers with an understanding of the important and emerging political, economic and social trends and challenges in East Asia in the coming years.There is urgency to conduct such a review of the state of East Asian affairs as the international and regional environments seemed to be headed towards greater uncertainty. At the international level, the European Union (EU) continues to grapple with its debt crisis with no clear resolution in sight. On the other side of the Atlantic, the US is gearing up for its presidential and congressional elections that will tak 410 0$aSeries on contemporary China ;$vv. 32. 606 $aEconomic development$zEast Asia 607 $aEast Asia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomic development 676 $a330.951061 700 $aZheng$b Yongnian$0254379 701 $aLye$b Liang Fook$0283439 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464802203321 996 $aEast Asia$92283521 997 $aUNINA