Product Description: This concise, thought-provoking analysis explores the political changes and economic development emblematic of a rapidly rising China.• Excerpts from key policy documents and statements of leaders at critical moments• Photos of key leaders • Maps• A list of abbreviations, providing references to key organizations and terms• A chronology of political events involving China from the 1911 revolution to the present• A bibliography of key readings on Chinese politic...read more

Product Description: Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, and particularly after the opening brought about by economic reforms roughly thirty years thereafter, China has become an influential player in regional and global affairs...read more

Product Description: This text brings together a powerful universal myth - that of the Birdwoman, which has been the inspiration of several Asian theatres and the subject of many Asian plays - and explores the connection between string-puppet and human-actor movements within the Asian theatrical tradition...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A comparative analysis of states and markets in Japan and Russia.