The Future of China's Past examines how China's traditional culture is being reinvented and manipulated for political purposes. Like no time before in its recent history, and certainly at no time in the history of the People's Republic, China is being shaped in terms of its past, but which past—Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism, Buddhism—or combination of pasts is being held up as the model? Given its growing economic, political, and cultural significance, it is incumbent upon us to take China's rise seriously, yet perspectives involving modern and contemporary geopolitical and intrastate dynamics are insufficient, on their own, for understanding China's rise, and the same holds true for economic analyses, however pertinent. Instead, this book looks at current engagements with models of China's past, introducing the four traditional lenses of Chinese thought and reflecting on their potential relevance for China's—and the world's—future.

China has a population of 1.3 billion people which puts enormous strain on her natural resources. This volume, by one of the leading scholars on the earth's biosphere, provides the fullest account yet of the environmental challenges that China faces.

Witnesses: Panel I: Congress. Perspectives: Senators -- Debbie Stabenow; Sherrod Brown; Chuck Schumer; Lindsey Graham. Panel II: U.S. and Chinese Expectations for China¿s Entry in the WTO: Alan Wolff, former Dep. U.S. Trade Rep.; Thea Lee, AFL-CIO; Robert Lighthizer, former Dep. U.S. Trade Rep. Panel III: Current U.S.-China Relations in the WTO: The Reality a Decade Later: James Bacchus, former chmn. of the Appellate Body of the WTO; Clyde Prestowitz, Econ. Strategy Inst.; Oded Shenkar, Ohio State Univ. Panel IV: Recommend. for Future U.S.-China Relations within the WTO: Terence Stewart; Gilbert Kaplan, Pres. Comm. to Support U.S. Trade Laws; Calman Cohen, Emergency Comm. for Amer. Trade. This is a print on demand report.

Past And Future Lives In China is Love And Death In China: Book Two and The Sequel To "The Way Of The Dragon" by Martin Avery

This book highlights information obtained from formal interviews and informal conversations with knowledgeable Chinese in 1985-1987. It reveals the growing participation in politics of social groups and related changes underway in the patterns of contemporary Chinese political thought and culture.