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Profound Changes Unseen in Centuries

An Overview of China

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  • Authored by one of China's leading think tanks

  • Presents the historical and strategic overview of China’s development

  • Covers the latest hot topics around the world such as COVID-19, AI and block chain

Part of the book series: Understanding China (UNCHI)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Changes in Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-16
    2. Looking Back at World War I at the Centenary

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 17-22
  3. Changes in Economics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. The Prospect: Viewing Economic History as the History of Corporates

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 99-108
    3. Evolution: The Fifth Floor of Modernization 

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 109-121
    4. Change: The Economy in the Age of Financialization

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 123-133
    5. The Game: Who Will Gain the Hegemony?

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 135-148
    6. Trends: Possibilities for the Future Road

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 149-163
  4. Changes in Digitalization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. The Human Crisis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 167-186
    3. Assessment and Governance of the Digital Society

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 187-212
    4. China’s Version of the Global Interconnection Concept

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 213-243
    5. Future Prospects of Blockchain Development

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 245-266
    6. “The Death of the West” and the Profound Changes Unseen in Centuries

      • Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang
      Pages 267-275

About this book

This book focuses on the current internal and external situation China is facing both from a macro perspective and a theoretical height, and puts forward practical development strategies and diplomatic ideas. It is of great methodological significance. At home, the development thought after the conclusion of the hundred-year change is the guiding thought for China's further development, and abroad, the international communication and the construction of international order highlighted by the hundred-year change also have important reference significance for the world's development.

Keywords

  • World Politics
  • China's Development
  • China Solution
  • Scientific and Technological Progress
  • China's reform

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

    Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang

About the authors

Wen Wang, executive director, professor, Secretary General of Green Finance Committee, China Finance Society, and Research Fellow, Financial Research Center, Counselor's Office, State Council, Renmin University of China. He has won the "top ten think tanks in China in 2014" , "leaders in China's development and reform in 2015" , the "think tanks of the year 2016" , the "cultural experts and four groups of talents" in 2017, and the "national high-end think tanks" of the National People's Congress in 2019.


Peng Wang, currently Director’s Secretary at the Centre for Chinese Foreign Strategy Studies, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China and Research Fellow at the National Academy of Belt and Road Green Development (NABRGD), China International Culture Exchange Center (CICEC). His research area includes: international relations theory, Sino-US relations and Asia-Pacific/Indo-Pacific international security, Chinese foreign policy and strategic culture, and public diplomacy.


Yushu Liu, Director of Macro Research Department, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY). He is an expert on Artificial Intelligence and China's Digital Economy. In March 2020, Yushu Liu and professor Wen Wang published a research book Digital China: Blockchain, Intelligent Revolution and the Future of National Governance. This book was well-received by Chinese readers. During the past three years, Yushu Liu published many research reports and research papers, including "Blockchain 10th Anniversary: Development Status, Trends and Regulatory Policy Research", "Localization of Financial Critical Information Infrastructure: Evaluation and Prospects", "Digital BRI: Progress, Challenges and Practical Plans", "On Digital Chinese Society: Development and Evolution, Status Quo Evaluation and Future Governance", "Intelligent Manufacturing Upgrade and Financial Support Research in the Context of Anti-globalization", etc.


Jinjing Jia, director of Macro Research Department, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY). Research areas include international economic governance, finance, macroeconomics, geopolitics, innovation and industrial policy.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Profound Changes Unseen in Centuries

  • Book Subtitle: An Overview of China

  • Authors: Wen Wang, Jinjing Jia, Yushu Liu, Peng Wang

  • Series Title: Understanding China

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7419-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Beijing Normal University Press (Group) Co., LTD. 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-7418-1Published: 25 June 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-7421-1Published: 26 June 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-7419-8Published: 23 June 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2196-3134

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-3142

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 292

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Development Economics, History of China, Political Science, International Relations

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eBook USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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