The following are some of the reading materials that we use with students in our programs. They provide useful background information and insights on topics that have attracted much discussion within China and internationally.
Please e-mail any comments or suggestions to us at ideas@chinaprograms.org.
Can China’s Model of Authoritarian Growth Survive?
Yao Yang, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb ‘10
China’s Economic Conditions
Library of US Congress, Dec ‘09
The Choices that Await China
Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence, ‘07
Rebalancing China’s Economy
Stephen Roach, Chairman – Morgan Stanley Asia, Mar ‘07
China’s Magnificent Historic Past
Evan Davies, BBC, Mar ‘05
Why is China Growing So Slowly?
Martin Wolf, Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb ‘05
Politics of Economic Reforms
Minxin Pei, South China Morning Post, Jan ‘01
The Myth of Asia’s Miracle
Paul Krugman, Foreign Affairs, Nov ‘94
The Great Leap Backward
Elizabeth C. Economy, Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct ‘07
China’s Environmental Moment of Truth
Stephen Roach, Chairman – Morgan Stanley Asia, Apr ‘07
China’s Dilemma
George J. Gilboy & Eric Hegnbotham, Foreign Affairs, Oct ‘10
Pierced Fans, Stiff Cadres and Hip Rock
Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, Oct ‘10
China’s SAT
Manuela Zoninsein, Slate, Jun ‘08
The Dictatorship of Talent
David Brooks, New York Times, Dec ‘07
Introduction to China’s Legal Profession
Gerald Clark, Suffolk University Law Review, May ‘08
Slow March to Legal Reform
Jerome Cohen, Far Eastern Economic Review, Oct ‘07
China’s Autocracy of Bureaucrats
Martin Wolf, Financial Times, May ‘06
State of Affairs of China’s Legal System
Minxin Pei, Jun ‘05
China’s Hidden Democratic Legacy
Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, Jul/Aug ‘04
China’s Business Leaders: Assuming a Political Role
Richard C. Bush, The Brookings Institution, ‘04
Long March Against Graft
Minxin Pei, Financial Times, Dec ‘02
Reluctant Warriors
Evan A. Feigenbaum, Foreign Policy, Oct ‘10
The Rise of China and the Future of the West
G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb ‘08
The Right Way to Engage China
Henry Paulson, Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct ‘08
China’s “Peaceful Rise” to Great Power Status
Zheng Bijian, Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct ‘05
Understanding China
Kishore Mahbubani, Foreign Affairs, Sept/Oct ‘05
The Once and Future China
Jonathan Spence, Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb ‘05
Clash of the Titans
Zbigniew Brzezinski & John Mearsheimer, Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb ‘05
Addressing the Taiwan Question: The U.S. Role
Alan. D. Romberg, May ‘05
Preventing a War Over Taiwan
Kenneth Lieberthal, Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr ‘05
Remembering the War – Japanese Style
Kiichi Fujiwara, Far Eastern Economic Review, Dec ‘05
