CHINA IN THE 21st CENTURY: Key Issues and Challenges

About The Book : China under President Xi Jinping has emerged as a major world power and a country that is ready to challenge the status quo in its near neighborhood and beyond.  Yet, the internal workings of China, its  politics and society  remain remote and largely unknown.   This collection of articles is  especially designed  to  introduce  the  reader  to  China's  domestic  reality .   The  book  highlights  key  issues  on  politics, society  and  foreign  policy  in  China,  thus providing  an  overview  of  China  today. About The Author : Dr . Ravni Thakur  is currently a tenured  Professor  for Chinese  Studies  at  the  Dept.  of  East  Asian  Studies, University of Delhi where she was Head of the Department. She has been a student at the Language Institute  in  Beijing (1982-83)  and  at  the  Beijing University  (1983-84). Since then, she has visited China regularly,worked  in  China  and  traveled  extensively within China. CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................9 PART - I: Ideology and Key International Policies...........................................17 I. Xi Jinping and his Thought: The New Ideological Orthodoxy.........................19 II. Foreign Policy and the One Belt One Road Initiative....................................43 III. Theorising BRICS and its Cooperative Agendas.........................................65 PART - II: Emerging Social Issues....................................................................85 IV.The Dynamics of Social Stratification in China..............................................87 V. Rethinking Development: A Review Article on Tibet and Xinjiang...............117 VI. Questioning the Practices of Patriarchy: Women’s Studies in China...........135 VII. A Critical Nationalism: Youth in China.....................................................153 Conclusion......................................................................................................167 Appendix : Understanding India-China Relations A Personal Perspective..........179 Index..............................................................................................................193 The Title 'CHINA IN THE 21st CENTURY: Key Issues and Challenges written/authored/edited by Ravni Thakur', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9789353249588 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 200 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Foreign policy. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-