China : the next superpower : dilemmas in change and continuity / Geoffrey Murray.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.

Ch. 1. Defining a Superpower -- Ch. 2. Contradictions in Economic Reform -- Ch. 3. Contradictions in the Countryside -- Ch. 4. Population Control and the Pressures of Aging -- Ch. 5. Who Will Feed China? -- Ch. 6. Chinese Society: Dealing with a 2,500-Year-Old Legacy -- Ch. 7. The Cement Begins to Crumble -- Ch. 8. The Status of Women: Still a Long Way to Go -- Ch. 9. The China that Can Say No -- Ch. 10. The Future: Groping Over the Stones.

China today, argues Murray, is an awakening colossus that has long dominated Asia geographically and culturally, but is also likely to do so economically and politically in the next century. Accordingly, he closely examines China's credentials as a burgeoning superpower; by contrast he also looks at the economic, social and structural dilemmas this poses, as well as the broader ongoing geopolitical implications should the great experiment in 'Chinese-style' socialism succeed.

This book will be of considerable interest to all students of China in the humanities and social sciences; it also provides invaluable insights for those having to make informed judgements in the fields of business and commerce as well as socio-political analysis.