- Introduction [Michael Szonyi]
- I. Politics
- 1. Is the Chinese Communist Regime Legitimate? [Elizabeth J. Perry]
- 2. Can Fighting Corruption Save the Party? [Joseph Fewsmith]
- 3. Does Mao Still Matter? [Roderick MacFarquhar]
- 4. What Is the Source of Ethnic Tension in China? [Mark Elliott]
- 5. What Should We Know about Public Opinion in China? [Ya-Wen Lei]
- 6. What Does Longevity Mean for Leadership in China? [Arunabh Ghosh]
- 7. Can the Chinese Communist Party Learn from Chinese Emperors? [Yuhua Wang]
- II. International Relations
- 8. Will China Lead Asia? [Odd Arne Westad]
- 9. How Strong Are China’s Armed Forces? [Andrew S. Erickson]
- 10. What Does the Rise of China Mean for the United States? [Robert S. Ross]
- 11. Is Chinese Exceptionalism Undermining China’s Foreign Policy Interests? [Alastair Iain Johnston]
- 12. (When) Will Taiwan Reunify with the Mainland? [Steven M. Goldstein]
- 13. Can China and Japan Ever Get Along? [Ezra F. Vogel]
- III. Economy
- 14. Can China’s High Growth Continue? [Richard N. Cooper]
- 15. Is the Chinese Economy Headed toward a Hard Landing? [Dwight H. Perkins]
- 16. Will Urbanization Save the Chinese Economy or Destroy It? [Meg Rithmire]
- 17. Is China Keeping Its Promises on Trade? [Mark Wu]
- 18. How Do China’s New Rich Give Back? [Tony Saich]
- 19. What Can China Teach Us about Fighting Poverty? [Nara Dillon]
- IV. Environment
- 20. Can China Address Air Pollution and Climate Change? [Michael B. McElroy]
- 21. Is There Environmental Awareness in China? [Karen Thornber]
- V. Society
- 22. Why Does the End of the One-Child Policy Matter? [Susan Greenhalgh]
- 23. How Are China and Its Middle Class Handling Aging and Mental Health? [Arthur Kleinman]
- 24. How Important Is Religion in China? [James Robson]
- 25. Will There Be Another Dalai Lama? [Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp]
- 26. Does Law Matter in China? [William P. Alford]
- 27. Why Do So Many Chinese Students Come to the United States? [William C. Kirby]
- VI. History and Culture
- 28. Who Is Confucius in Today’s China? [Michael Puett]
- 29. Where Did the Silk Road Come From? [Rowan Flad]
- 30. Why Do Intellectuals Matter to Chinese Politics? [Peter K. Bol]
- 31. Why Do Classic Chinese Novels Matter? [Wai-yee Li]
- 32. How Have Chinese Writers Imagined China’s Future? [David Der-wei Wang]
- 33. Has Chinese Propaganda Won Hearts and Minds? [Jie Li]
- 34. Why Is It Still So Hard to Talk about the Cultural Revolution? [Xiaofei Tian]
- 35. What Is the Future of China’s Past? [Stephen Owen]
- 36. How Has the Study of China Changed in the Last Sixty Years? [Paul A. Cohen]
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Index


The China Questions
Critical Insights into a Rising Power
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Publication Date: 04/08/2019