Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell

1999 - 2017

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Volume 38, issue 4, 2009

Guest Editor’s Preface pp. 3-7

Heather Zhang

Revisiting a Dramatic Triangle: The State, Villagers, and Social Activists in Chinese Rural Reconstruction Projects pp. 9-33

Stig Thøgersen

“Building a New Socialist Countryside” – Only a Political Slogan? pp. 35-62

Anna Ahlers and Gunter Schubert

The Centrality of Actors and Interfaces in the Understanding of New Ruralities: A Chinese Case Study pp. 63-84

Norman Long and Jinlong Liu

Social Security for China’s Migrant Workers – Providing for Old Age pp. 85-115

Andrew Watson

China’s Urban-Rural Integration Policies pp. 117-143

Xingqing Ye

Reorganizing Rural Public Finance: Reforms and Consequences pp. 145-171

John Tian

Volume 38, issue 3, 2009

China’s Politics under Hu Jintao pp. 3-11

Mathieu Duchâtel and François Godement

The Chinese Communist Party: Recruiting and Controlling the New Elites pp. 13-33

Cheng Li

Remaking the CCP’s Ideology: Determinants, Progress, and Limits under Hu Jintao pp. 35-61

Heike Holbig

China’s Foreign- and Security-policy Decision-making Processes under Hu Jintao pp. 63-97

Jean-Pierre Cabestan

Managing Stability in the Taiwan Strait: Non-Military Policy towards Taiwan under Hu Jintao pp. 99-118

Wu-ueh Chang and Chien-min Chao

China’s Climate- and Energy-security Dilemma: Shaping a New Path of Economic Growth pp. 119-134

Karl Hallding, Guoyi Han and Marie Olsson

Climate Change in China – The Development of China’s Climate Policy and Its Integration into a New International Post-Kyoto Climate Regime pp. 135-164

Andreas Oberheitmann and Eva Sternfeld

China’s Economic Policy in the Time of the Global Financial Crisis: Which Way Out? pp. 165-181

Margot Schüller and Yun Schüler-Zhou

Volume 38, issue 2, 2009

Beijing Bubble, Beijing Bust: Inequality, Trade, and Capital Inflow into China pp. 3-26

James Galbraith, Sara Hsu and Wenjie Zhang

Realpolitik Dynamics and Image Construction in the Russia-China Relationship: Forging a Strategic Partnership? pp. 27-52

Maria Freire and Carmen Mendes

The Regulation of Religious Affairs in Taiwan: From State Control to Laisser-faire? pp. 53-83

André Laliberté

Nationalism to Go - Coke Commercials between Lifestyle and Political Myth pp. 85-120

Nora Frisch

China’s Employment Crisis – A Stimulus for Policy Change? pp. 121-144

Guenter Schucher

Chinese Perceptions of Russian Foreign Policy During the Putin Administration: U.S.-Russia Relations and “Strategic Triangle” Considerations pp. 145-168

Joseph Cheng

Volume 38, issue 1, 2009

Improvements for Readers and Authors – Further Enhancing Quality, International Circulation, and Academic Impact pp. 3-6

Karsten Giese

Macau: Ten Years after the Handover pp. 7-17

Thomas Chung and Hendrik Tieben

Casino Capitalism and Its Legitimacy Impact on the Politico-administrative State in Macau pp. 19-47

Sonny Lo

Urban Image Construction in Macau in the First Decade after the “Handover”, 1999-2008 pp. 49-72

Hendrik Tieben

Emerging Issues for Cultural Tourism in Macau pp. 73-99

Hilary du Cros

Macau Residents as Border People – A Changing Border Regime from a Sociocultural Perspective pp. 101-127

Werner Breitung

Valuing Heritage in Macau: On Contexts and Processes of Urban Conservation pp. 129-160

Thomas Chung

“The Olympic Torch Burns, and Great Suspicion Blazes” – China Narratives in the German Media during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing 2008 pp. 161-180

Michael Poerner

The Structural Reforms of the Chinese Statistical System pp. 181-201

Günter Moser

Volume 37, issue 4, 2008

A New Political Role? Discursive Strategies of Critical Journalists in China pp. 5-30

Elin Saether

Democracy Postponed: Chinese Learning from the Soviet Collapse pp. 31-63

Neil Munro

Harmonization by Law – Labour Conflicts in China and the New Labour Conflict Law pp. 64-110

Guenter Schucher

The Changing Political and Governance Architecture in China pp. 111-130

Hairong Lai

Maintaining Chinese Management Talent in Western Subsidiaries pp. 131-146

Horst Groenewald

Regulation, Evaluation, and Certification of NGOs in the P.R. China pp. 147-164

Berthold Kuhn

Unity or Pluralism in the Legal System? Some Observations Concerning the “Rediscovery” of Customary Law in the P.R. China pp. 165-182

Robert Heuser

Detente in the Taiwan Straits: One Country, Two Regions pp. 183-209

Hans-Wilm Sch?tte

Volume 37, issue 3, 2008

China-Africa Relations through the Prism of Culture – The Dynamics of China’s Cultural Diplomacy with Africa pp. 10-45

Haifang Liu

The “Doing” and “Undoing” of Community: Chinese Networks in Ghana pp. 46-77

Conal Guan-Yow Ho

Contemporary China-Nigeria Economic Relations: Chinese Imperialism or South-South Mutual Partnership? pp. 78-102

Olukoya Ogen

Aid within the China-Africa Partnership: Emergence of an Alternative to the NEPAD Development Paradigm? pp. 103-130

Sara Van Hoeymissen

Towards China’s Integration into the Aid Donor Architecture: Learning from Chinese Participation in International Regimes pp. 131-164

Stefan Staehle

Contours of China’s “Africa Mode” and Who May Benefit pp. 165-180

Helmut Asche

Beyond the New “Two Whateverisms”: China’s Ties in Africa pp. 181-195

Ian Taylor

Taiwan’s Energy Policy: Climate Protection Takes Second Place pp. 196-220

Hans-Wilm Schuette

Volume 37, issue 2, 2008

The Beijing Olympics and the Art of Nation-State Maintenance pp. 5-35

Jeroen de Kloet, Gladys Pak Lei Chong and Wei Liu

“Actually Existing” Olympism – The Beijing 2008 Games and China’s Neoliberal Project pp. 36-59

Christopher J. Smith and Katie M.G. Himmelfarb

Football, Nationalism, and Fan Violence in China pp. 60-82

Brian Bridges

China Is Big News! ? International Media Relations by Multinational Enterprises in China pp. 83-110

Sebastian Huber

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay: Chinese and Western Narratives pp. 111-125

Kingsley Edney

Economic Dimensions of the Olympic Games in Beijing: Who Will be the Winners? pp. 126-139

Margot Schueller

A New Round of Structural Reform of the State Council pp. 140-156

Jen-Kai Liu

China’s Water Market ? Opportunities for Foreign Investors pp. 157-177

Jan Hutterer

Taiwan Completes the Turnover of Power pp. 178-196

Hans-Wilm Schuette

Volume 37, issue 1, 2008

Labour Market Flexibility and Social Security in the People’s Republic of China pp. 5-30

Jutta Hebel and Guenter Schucher

How Informal is China’s Labour Market? – The Status Quo and Prospects of Informal Employment in the People’s Republic of China pp. 31-66

Anne J. Braun

Between Informalisation and Formalisation – Migration, Urban Development and Transformation in the Pearl River Delta pp. 67-100

Bettina Gransow

Regulating Death in China’s Free Market: The Case of Mining Fatalities pp. 101-138

Qi Li and Bill Taylor

The New Tasks for Chinese Trade Unions pp. 139-161

Sergio Grassi

Part-time Work According to the New Labour Contract Law in China – Effective Means for a Flexible Labour Market? pp. 162-180

Qian Wang

Social Insurance of Rural Migrants in the People’s Republic of China pp. 181-203

Heping Cai und Yingfang Hua

Strategic Sourcing in China: The Perspective of Small and Medium-Sized Foreign Enterprises pp. 204-216

Julia Christin Krueger

Landslide Victory for the Kuomintang: Taiwan’s Legislative Elections of January 2008 pp. 217-236

Hans-Wilm Schuette