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Prosperity
Edited by: Jane Golley
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Description
A ‘moderately prosperous society’ with no Chinese individual left behind—that’s the vision for China set out by Chinese President Xi Jinping in a number of important speeches in 2017. ‘Moderate’ prosperity may seem like a modest goal for a country with more billionaires (609 at last count) than the US. But the ‘China Story’ is a complex one. The China Story Yearbook 2017: Prosperity surveys the important events, pronouncements, and personalities that defined 2017. It also presents a range of perspectives, from the global to the individual, the official to the unofficial, from mainland China to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Together, the stories present a richly textured portrait of a nation that in just forty years has lifted itself from universal poverty to (unequally distributed) wealth, changing itself and the world in the process.
Details
- ISBN (print):
- 9781760462024
- ISBN (online):
- 9781760462031
- Publication date:
- Apr 2018
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/CSY.04.2018
- Series:
- China Story Yearbook
- Co-publisher:
- Australian Centre on China in the World
- Disciplines:
- Arts & Humanities: Cultural Studies; Social Sciences: Politics & International Studies, Social Policy & Administration
- Countries:
- East Asia: China
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Introduction
- Money Changes Everything (PDF, 1.8MB) – Jane Golley and Linda Jaivin doi
Forum · 富, 福, AND 福
- Wine, Gods, and Morning Dew (PDF, 0.6MB) – Chen Jingjing and Mark Strange doi
- Toppling Liu Xiaobo (PDF, 0.6MB) – Christopher Rea doi
Chapter 1
Forum · The Culture of Money
- Saviours and Slackers (PDF, 0.6MB) – Linda Jaivin doi
- Ode to Joy (PDF, 0.6MB) – William Sima doi
Chapter 2
- The Belt and Road Intiative: How to Win Friends and Influence People (PDF, 1.7MB) – Jane Golley and Adam Ingle doi
Forum · Borderlands
- When Not to Respect Your Elders (PDF, 0.6MB) – Tom Cliff doi
- Shangri-la and the Curse of Xi Jinping (PDF, 0.6MB) – Ben Hillman doi
- Kangbashi: The Richest 'Ghost Town' in China (PDF, 0.6MB) – Uchralt Otede doi
Chapter 3
- North Korea: A Year of Crisis (PDF, 1.5MB) – Sang Ye and Richard Rigby (translated by Linda Jaivin) doi
Forum · Power Plays
- Peripheral Trouble: The Sino-Indian Standoff (PDF, 0.7MB) – Andrew Chubb doi
- Asian Powers in Africa: Win, Win, Win, Win? (PDF, 0.2MB) – Brittany Morreale doi
Chapter 4
Forum · All I Have to do is Dream
- Dreams of Prosperity in Papua New Guinea (PDF, 0.6MB) – Graeme Smith doi
- The Chinese Dreams of Arabian Traders in Yiwu (PDF, 0.5MB) – Wen Meizhen doi
- A Shared Destiny: Dungans and the New Silk Road (PDF, 0.6MB) – Zhu Yujie doi
Chapter 5
Forum · Conspicuous Consumption
- The End of Ivory (PDF, 0.7MB) – Craig A. Smith doi
- Feasting on Donkey Skin (PDF, 0.7MB) – Natalie Köhle doi
- Hey Big Spender: China’s Luxury Travellers (PDF, 0.6MB) – Linda Jaivin doi
Chapter 6
- Magic Cities, Future Dreams — Urban Contradictions (PDF, 1.6MB) – Carolyn Cartier doi
Forum · You Can't Take it With You
- To Give is Glorious (PDF, 0.5MB) – Paul J. Farrelly doi
- The Psycho Boom (PDF, 0.5MB) – Huang Hsuan-Ying doi
- Doing Well, Dying Well (PDF, 0.6MB) – Benjamin Penny doi
Chapter 7
- To Prosper or Perish (PDF, 1.6MB) – Gloria Davies doi
Forum · Artificial Intelligence
- Arguing with Robots (PDF, 0.6MB) – Lorand Laskai doi
Chapter 8
- Human Rights in the Age of Properity (PDF, 1.6MB) – Elisa Nesossi and Ivan Franceschini doi
Forum · Those Less Fortunate
- Death Penalty Reform (PDF, 0.6MB) – Susan Trevaskes doi
- Criminal Villages and Roving Crime (PDF, 0.6MB) – Børge Bakken doi
- Rethinking China's Agriculture (PDF, 0.6MB) – Shi Xinjie doi
Chapter 9
- Prosperity and Freedom: Hong Kong’s Dilemma (PDF, 1.7MB) – Antony Dapiran doi
Forum · A Commemoration and a Celebration
- Taiwan: Seventy Years On — A Difficult Anniversary (PDF, 0.6MB) – Mark Harrison doi
- Rainbow Connections (PDF, 0.6MB) – Paul J. Farrelly doi
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