Politics in China - An Introduction, Third Edition

Politics in China is an authoritative introduction to how the world''s most populous nation and rapidly rising global power is governed today. Written by leading China scholars, the book''s chapters offers accessible overviews of major periods in China''s modern political history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, key topics in contemporary Chinese politics, and developments in four important areas located on China''s geographic periphery: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.