The China Wave : Rise of a Civilizational State By Zhang, Weiwei Publisher : World Century Published Date : 2012/03 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9781938134012 BookWeb Price : S$ 29.96 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : S$ 23.97 Availability Status : In stock at the Fulfillment Centre. Usually dispatches within 5 working days. Language : English

 
Acknowledgments                                    vii
Preface to the English Edition                     ix
Introduction                                       1  (4)
    Chapter 1 Not Misreading Oneself               5  (24)
      1.1 A Fast-Changing World                    5  (7)
      1.2 The Unusual Ascent                       12 (2)
      1.3 Surpassing Japan                         14 (5)
      1.4 The GDP Paradox                          19 (5)
      1.5 To the Top                               24 (5)
    Chapter 2 China's 1 + 1 > 2                 29 (18)
      2.1 The "Quasi-Developed Countries"          29 (6)
      within China
      2.2 The Size of China's Middle Class         35 (4)
      2.3 The "Emerging Economies" within China    39 (2)
      2.4 Why China's 1 + 1 > 2?                41 (6)
    Chapter 3 The Rise of a Civilizational State   47 (36)
      3.1 China's Rocky Path towards a             47 (4)
      Nation-State
      3.2 The Rise of a Civilizational State       51 (16)
      3.3 A New Perspective                        67 (4)
      3.4 Looking at China Afresh                  71 (12)
    Chapter 4 The Rise of a Development Model      83 (28)
      4.1 Reflections after the Crises             83 (6)
      4.2 The China Model May Win Out              89 (16)
      4.3 Shaping the Chinese Standards            105(6)
    Chapter 5 The Rise of a New Political          111(28)
    Discourse
      5.1 Political Reform, the Chinese Way        111(5)
      5.2 Debating Human Rights                    116(9)
      5.3 The Rise of a New Political Discourse    125(14)
    Chapter 6 The End of the End of History        139(38)
      6.1 The Western Model: from India to         139(6)
      Eastern Europe
      6.2 The Western Model: East Asia and         145(7)
      Beyond
      6.3 Debating with Fukuyama: The End of       152(25)
      the End of History
Index                                              177