The ultimate test of a state's ability to survive comes from crises, whether a natural disaster or a man-made political crisis. For all those interested in the survival of the incumbent regime in China, this unique and informative book will be required reading.
Bruce J. Dickson, George Washington University
In thirty years of rapid social and economic development, China's crisis management and crisis avoidance have been exemplary. This volume provides an invaluable guide to crisis development and response in the People's Republic.
David S. G. Goodman, University of Sydney
A remarkably timely study, which addresses key issues such as government capacity, leadership abilities, regime legitimacy, system survivability, all leading to the perennial question - will the People's Republic be able to manage all its crises and continue long into the future?
David Zweig, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
China's Crisis Management
The continuation of China's successful rise depends considerably on the capacity of the Chinese government to prevent and manage a wide range of potential and actual crises, which could, if mishandled, have serious adverse consequences for China. These potential crises are both domestic where the example of the collapse of the Soviet Union is well understood and remembered in China and, increasingly transnational, as a result of China's ever closer involvement in the global system. This book presents a comprehensive overview of crisis management in China, and examines China's mode of managing economic, political and military crises, as well as natural disasters, ethnic-minority issues, environmental and public health problems. In each area it considers the nature of potential crises and their possible effects, and the degree to which China is prepared to cope with crises.
Jae Ho Chung is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Institute for China Studies at Seoul National University, Korea. His most recent books include China's Local Adminstration (Routledge, 2010).
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China's crisis management / edited by Jae Ho Chung.
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Contributors
Gang Chen is Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He is the author of The Kyoto Protocol and International Cooperation against Climate Change (Xinhua Press, 2008) and Politics of China's Environmental Protection: Problems and Progress (World Scientific, 2009).
Jae Ho Chung is a professor of international relations and Director of the Institute for China Studies at Seoul National University in Korea. He is the author or editor of eleven books, including Central Control and Local Discretion in China (Oxford University Press, 2000), Between Ally and Partner: KoreaChina Relations and the United States
