Fateful Decisions: Choices That Will Shape China's Future

Published by Stanford University Press 2020

Fateful Decisions

Choices That Will Shape China's Future

Edited by: Thomas Fingar and Jean C. Oi

In the series Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503612235

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About this book

China's future is neither inevitable nor immutable: it will be shaped by the choices made to address the multiple interlinked challenges that it faces.

Author / Editor information

Thomas Fingar is a Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Jean C. Oi is the William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and a Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Reviews

Thomas R. Pickering:
"No challenge today equals that of understanding China's future. A sterling team has sagely put together a powerful guide to the future of China, where the economy's weaknesses and strengths will continue to shape outcomes in politics, foreign policy, society, and security, and where the emerging economic and related downsides facing 21st-century China will more likely dominate its future than its amazing performances of the last five decades. A must-read!"

H.R. McMaster:
"This is an important book at the right time. As the United States shifts its policy toward the Chinese Communist Party from engagement to competition, the perspectives of the contributors will help inform decisions of those not only in government, but also in business and academia. Fateful Decisions provides invaluable context vital to understanding the present and anticipating the future. It deserves a wide readership."

Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on US-China Relations:
"China, the keystone of our global arch, now finds itself at a critical inflection point and how it evolves will determine not only its future, but that of the larger global commons. Fateful Decisions masterfully helps limn the daunting choices the leaders in Beijing now confront and what is at stake in their decision-making."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgment Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Thomas Fingar and Jean C. Oi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Institutions and Instruments of Governance
1. Xi Jinping and the Evolution of Chinese Leadership Politics Alice Lyman Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
2. Grand Steerage Barry Naughton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Anticorruption Forever? Andrew Wedeman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
4. Future of Central–Local Relations Jean C. Oi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
5. Social Media and Governance in China Xueguang Zhou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Part II: Domestic Policy Choices and Constraints
6. Demographic and Health Care Challenges Karen Eggleston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
7. Can China Achieve Inclusive Urbanization? Mary E. Gallagher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
8. Human Capital and China’s Future Hongbin Li, James Liang, Scott Rozelle and Binzhen Wu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
Part III: External Ambitions and Constraints
9. Sources and Shapers of China’s Foreign Policy Thomas Fingar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
10. China and the Global South Ho-fung Hung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
11. Bold Strategy or Irrational Exuberance? Christine Wong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
12. All (High-Speed Rail) Roads Lead to China David M. Lampton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
13. China’s Military Aspirations Karl Eikenberry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
Part IV: A Comparative Perspective
14. China’s National Trajectory Andrew G. Walder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
Also published in the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Series Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 448
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 38
Keywords: China; transition; demography; human capital; urbanization; urban-rural; center-local; military modernization; Belt and Road Initiative; economy; social media

eBook

Published: May 19, 2020
ISBN: 9781503612235