Description:
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of contemporary political developments in China. Key topics include human rights and China's international relations with its neighbours and with the international community more widely. This is the companion volume to Economic Developments in Contemporary China: A Guide (also published by Routledge).
Review Quotes:
Praise for Ian Jeffries' China: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments (2006):
"This book is highly useful not only to casual China watchers [...] but also to researchers and academics [...] an engrossing guide." - Marc Lanteigne, International Affairs