LEADER 02325nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910788555703321 005 20230725045529.0 010 $a1-283-14471-9 010 $a9786613144713 010 $a981-4313-51-3 035 $a(CKB)3360000000001391 035 $a(EBL)731375 035 $a(OCoLC)740435792 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000639622 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12291507 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639622 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10605592 035 $a(PQKB)10145268 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC731375 035 $a(WSP)00001183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL731375 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480213 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL314471 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000001391 100 $a20110713d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe People's Republic of China today$b[electronic resource] $einternal and external challenges /$fZhiqun Zhu, editor 210 $aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4313-50-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Political changes and democratization -- pt. 2. Economic and social challenges -- pt. 3. Challenges in foreign, security, and military policies. 330 $aDespite the significant progress it had achieved in the past 60 years, especially in the past 30 years since Deng Xiaoping's reform initiatives in the late 1970's, China faces daunting challenges today. These challenges include, among others, a rigid political system that does not match economic vibrancy, uneven economic growth and widening income gap, a graying population, environmental degradation, potential social instability, ethnic tensions and separatist movement, poor international image, and military modernization. Based on papers originally presented at an international conference held... 607 $aChina$xHistory$y1949- 676 $a951.05 701 $aZhu$b Zhiqun$0847208 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788555703321 996 $aThe People's Republic of China today$93676437 997 $aUNINA