Jinghao Zhou

China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context (eBook, PDF)

A Domestic Aspect of China's Road Map to Democratization

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

China's rise has become inevitable, but there is no agreement about whether China will rise peacefully or pose a threat to the United States. The author asserts that both theories of "China threat" and "peaceful rise" failed to address China's central domestic problem. Thus, both theories are not convincing. This book attempts to develop a third view of China's rise from a domestic perspective and contends that China's potential threat to the existing global order is not derived from her rapid economic growth and military expansion, but from her potential domestic chaos. A strong democratic China will contribute to the global peace, but the collapse of China will gravely threaten Western societies. The current Chinese political system directly contributes to this social instability and could possibly cause China's social crash. China's democratization is the key to ensure China's peaceful rise in a global context. However, the Party is still in power and any attempt to dissolve the one-party system in present day China has poor prospects. China must take a two-step, gradual reform approach to complete the transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one. In the two-step theory, the first phase for promoting China's democratization includes exercising freedom of media, increasing the consciousness of citizen participation, and enacting religious rights. Through all these democratic exercises, China will gradually be able to achieve a fully democratic society. This two-step theory is crucial for the United States if it is to enact effective foreign policy toward China and for China to develop a democratic harmonious society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216345831
• Artikelnr.: 75139680

Autorenporträt

Jinghao Zhou is associate professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He is the author of three books: China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China's Road Map to Democratization (Lexington Books, 2010, paperback edition, 2012), Remaking China's Public Philosophy and Chinese Women's Liberation: The Volatile Mixing of Confucianism, Marxism, and Feminism (Edwin Mellen Press, 2006), Remaking China's Public Philosophy for the Twenty-first Century (Praeger Publishers, 2003). His thirty plus articles in English appear in various journals and newspapers, such as The Journal of Comparative Asian Development, American Journal of Chinese Studies, Journal of China: An International Journal, Asian Mission, Asian Perspective, Journal of International Women's Studies, Journal of Religion and Society, In the National Interests, Journal of Church and State, International Journal of China Studies, China Review International, and Asia Times. He has also published more than forty articles in Chinese journals and newspapers.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. China's Peaceful Rise in a Global Context
Chapter 2 2. China's Potential Threat to the Global Order
Chapter 3 3. Corruption and Social Instability
Chapter 4 4. Prostitution and Corruption
Chapter 5 5. Freedom of Media: the Fourth Power of Modern Democracy
Chapter 6 6. Citizen Participation: The Consciousness of Democratization
Chapter 7 7. Religious Support: An Inseparable Part of Modern Democracy