Unlike most books which consider China-s transformation and globalization over the last four decades by focusing on China-s economic growth, this book examines how the Chinese regime has handled the increasingly complex sociopolitical and socio-economic challenges generated as a result of the country-s economic growth and transformation, challenges arising both from within the country and also from the external political environment. Based on extensive original research, the book outlines how China-s economic development has generated social and governance pressures, discusses the government-s social, educational, and governance reforms, and highlights how China-s development experiences, which differ from the Western economies with democratic political regimes, have drawn increasing attention from other countries in the developing world as an example to follow.
