Studies on Contemporary China

Studies on Contemporary China collects important research findings of China's contemporary political, economic and social studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. This book covers topics including rural-urban integration, reflection on the future of Shanghai Cooperation Organization, analysis of the effects of risk measures on bank efficiency, new rural social endowment insurance, neotype urbanization, among others.

This book is the third volume in the WSPC-ECNU Series on China. The WSPC-ECNU Series showcases the significant contributions to scholarship in social sciences and humanities studies about China. The Series is jointly launched by World Scientific Publishing, the most reputable English academic publisher in Asia, and ECNU, a top University in China with a long history of exchanges with the international academic community.

Contents:

• Problems and Countermeasures to China's Rural-Urban Integration (Zhang Yongyue)
• Hegel's Two Faces: Chinese Thought Since the 'New Era' (Wu Guanjun)
• Reflections on the Future of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Overview after Ten Years (Feng Shaolei)
• A Comprehensive Analysis of the Effects of Risk Measures on Bank Efficiency (Sun Lei and Chang Tzu-Pu)
• New Rural Social Endowment Insurance in China: A Critical Analysis (Gui Shixun)
• Passive Civilization and Its Problems: Revisiting the Urbanization of Farmers in Suburban China (Wen Jun)
• A Lacanian (Psycho) Analysis of the Post-Maoist Popular and Intellectual Discourse on Enlightenment (Wu Guanjun)
• Changes in International Research Cooperation in China: Positive Perspectives (Josef Gregory Mahoney)
• Neotype Urbanization: A Theoretical Interpretation of Rural Endogenous Development (Zhang Wenming and Teng Yanhua)
• The Compulsive Repetition Phenomenon of the Sino-Japanese Relations (Ye Shulan)

Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary studies in China.