China Journal
Volume 76, Issue 2, July 2016
1. Title: The Rules and Norms of Leadership Succession in China: From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping and Beyond
Authors:Zhengxu Wang; Vangeli; Anastas.
Abstract:Under Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese Communist Party started to institutionalize leadership succession in the 1980s. Peaceful and orderly succession of the top political offices, however, only started to take shape in the early 1990s. We identify three sets of rules and norms formed since then to govern elite replacement and power succession. These concern top leaders' exit from power, selection of successors, and the transition of power between outgoing and incoming leaders. We trace the evolving process in which these rules were made and accepted by the Party elite between 1992 and 2012. Incidents, however, also showed the malleability of some of these rules and the potential rise of ambitious rule challengers. Into Xi Jinping's era, uncertainty still threatens the revision or abandonment of some of these rules, and continuous attention is needed in order to understand the likely trajectories of the Chinese political system.
2. Title:The Politics of Everyday Subsistence Strategies and Hidden Resistance among Herders in China
Authors:Li Fu.
Abstract:Drawing on a case study of pastoral areas in the Chinese province of InnerMongolia, this article illustrates four forms of everyday strategies adopted by herders to deal with the risks and uncertainty generated during China's reformera. To avoid direct confrontations with the authorities, herders resort to strategies that subvert government policies rather than engage in overt forms of resistance or protests. Through analyzing how herders avoid risks resulting from imposed policies, market forces, and grassland degradation, the article shows the ways in which these everyday strategies advantage local people in their attempts to secure a livelihood.
3. Title: Party Spirit Made Flesh: The Production of Legitimacy in the Aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Authors:Sorace, Christian.
Abstract:This article argues that the Party retains a tradition of seeking to revitalize its legitimacy through demonstrations of benevolence and glory. The post-2008 Sichuan earthquake provided just such an opportunity to mobilize the discourse of "Party spirit" and display the willingness of cadres to suffer and sacrifice themselves on behalf of the people. In addition to being grist for the propaganda mill, these norms and expectations were implemented in concrete policy directives and work pressures. Local cadres, who were also earthquake survivors, started to suffer from exhaustion, insomnia, and depression. After high-profile suicides by several local cadres, the Party adopted a therapeutic discourse in order to address the psychological needs of individual cadres, though these gentler policies seem doomed to be short-lived.
4. Title:China's Perception of External Threats and Its Current Tibet Policy
Authors:Lin Le.
Abstract:Little thought has been given to the possibility that China's repressive Tibet policy could be driven largely by its fear of external forces, as opposed to the government's authoritarian nature. This article tries to explain why it was only in 1994 that Chinese authorities seriously and systematically strengthened religious control in Tibet. This had been put in place during the 1987-89 protests but never effectively enforced. The key is the Chinese leaders' perception of external threats in the post-Tiananmen era, which prompted Chinese authorities to believe that instead of being mostly an ethnic nuisance, Tibetan separatism-utilizing Tibetan Buddhism as a "weapon"-had become a "tool" wielded by "hostile Western forces" seeking ultimately to break up China.
5. Title:The Challenges of Governing: The State Council in China
Authors:Xu Yi-chong; Weller, Patrick.
Abstract:The Standing Committee of the State Council (SCSC) is the principal government institution in China and is often referred to as the "Chinese Cabinet." This article seeks to explain how the SCSC fulfills two functions that are required in all government executives: coordination and the resolution of disputes. It describes the membership of the SCSC, its supporting structures and its working practices, and identifies the alternative strategies available to the premier. The article challenges two popular accounts of the State Council that underplay its role in Chinese politics by either attributing all authority up to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party or downward to the bureaucracies. The article concludes by suggesting a series of nuanced roles that the SCSC plays as it seeks to meet those key challenges of governing that, regardless of regime, all executive governments must face.
6. Title:Islamic Veiling in Xinjiang: The Political and Societal Struggle to Define Uyghur Female Adornment.
Authors:Leibold, James; Grose, Timothy.
Abstract:The Islamic veil is arguably the most politicized piece of fabric in the world, eliciting heated debate over its significance and complex meanings. The over 10 million Muslim women in China have their own histories and cultures of veiling. This article explores the ongoing struggle between the Chinese Communist Party and Xinjiang's Uyghur Muslim minority over the right to define what is "appropriate" and "normal" female adornment. New styles of veiling have entered China from abroad, intensifying the controversy over the scope of Uyghur ethnic attire. We contrast the party-state's antiveiling campaign to eliminate popular styles in Xinjiang, with the diverse reasons and meanings Uyghur women and men attach to them. While the party-state strives to control and standardize Uyghur dress, the community itself responds, sometimes defiantly, with a complex registry of veiling practices that reflect everything from ethnonational resistance, increased religious faith, and global Islamic haute couture.
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7. Title:China's Human Rights Lawyers: Advocacy and Resistance
Authors:Chongyi Feng.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “China's Human Rights Lawyers: Advocacy and Resistance,” byEva Pils.
8. Title: Walking a Tightrope: Defending Human Rights in China
Authors:Chongyi Feng.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Walking a Tightrope: Defending Human Rights in China,” by Gert Holmgaard Nielsen.
9. Title:Rising Inequality in China: Challenges to a Harmonious Society
Authors:Riskin, Carl.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Rising Inequality in China: Challenges to a Harmonious Society,” by Shi Li and Hiroshi Sato.
10. Title: Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics
Authors:Keane, Michael.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics,” by Ruoyun Bai.
11. Title: Leading Schools of Thought in Contemporary China
Authors:He Li.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Leading Schools of Thought in Contemporary China,” by Licheng Ma.
12. Title:Democracy, Inequality, and Corruption: Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines Compared
Authors:Jacobs, J. Bruce.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Democracy, Inequality, and Corruption: Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines Compared,” by Jong-sung you.
13. Title: By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World
Authors:Kuersten, Andreas.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest Is Changing the World,” by Elizabeth C. Economy and Michael Levi.
14. Title:Dams and Development in China: The Moral Economy of Water and Power
Authors: Mertha, Andrew.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Dams and Development in China: The Moral Economy of Water and Power,” by Bryan Tilt.
15. Title:Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China
Authors: Zixue Tai.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China,” by J. Tong.
16. Title:Revolutions as Organizational Change: The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926-1934
Authors: Keating, Pauline.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Revolutions as Organizational Change: The Communist Party and Peasant Communities in South China, 1926-1934,” by Baohui Zhang.
17. Title:The Pragmatic Dragon: China's Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements
Authors: Levine, Steven.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “The Pragmatic Dragon: China's Grand Strategy and Boundary Settlements,” by Eric Hyer.
18. Title:Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Life
Authors: Diamant, Neil J.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Life,” by Jie Li.
19. Title:Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Responses in Central China
Authors: Lavelle, Peter.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Responses in Central China,” by Jiayan Zhang.
20. Title:The Government Next Door: Neighborhood Politics in Urban China
Authors: Read, Benjamin.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “The Government Next Door: Neighborhood Politics in Urban China,” by Luigi Tomba.
21. Title:Health Policy Reform in China: A Comparative Perspective
Authors: Xiaoping Fang.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Health Policy Reform in China: A Comparative Perspective,” by Jiwei Qian and Ake G Blomqvist.
22. Title:Public Discourses of Contemporary China: The Narration of the Nation in Popular Literatures, Film, and Television
Authors: Yi Zheng.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Public Discourses of Contemporary China: The Narration of the Nation in Popular Literatures, Film, and Television,” by Yipeng Shen.
23. Title:Rural Policy Implementation in Contemporary China: New Socialist Countryside
Authors: Rosenberg, Lior.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Rural Policy Implementation in Contemporary China: New Socialist Countryside,” by Anna Ahlers.
24. Title:Deng Xiaoping's Long War: The Military Conflict between China and Vietnam
Authors: Friedman, Edward.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Deng Xiaoping's Long War: The Military Conflict between China and Vietnam,” by Xiaoming Zhang.
25. Title:Understanding China: The Silk Road and the Communist Manifesto
Authors: Harris, Peter.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Understanding China: The Silk Road and the Communist Manifesto,” by Peter Nolan.
26. Title:The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy
Authors: Horesh, Niv.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy,” by Daniel A. Bell.
27. Title:Place, Identity and National Imagination in Postwar Taiwan
Authors: Schak, David.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Place, Identity and National Imagination in Postwar Taiwan,” by Bi-yu Chang.
28. Title:"Tibetanness" Under Threat?: Neo-Integrationism, Minority Education and Career Strategies in Qinghai, P. R. China
Authors: Gao Fang.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “"Tibetanness" Under Threat?: Neo-Integrationism, Minority Education and Career Strategies in Qinghai, P. R. China,” by Adrian Zenz.
29. Title:Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism
Authors: Whyte, Martin King.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Maoism at the Grassroots: Everyday Life in China's Era of High Socialism,” by Jeremy Brown and Matthew D. Johnson.
30. Title:Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform
Authors: Sargeson, Sally.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform,” by Meg E. Rithmire.
31. Title:Shanghai Nightscapes: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City
Authors: Zheng, Tiantian.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Shanghai Nightscapes: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City,” by James Farrer and Andrew David Field.
32. Title:Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy: Origins, Evolution and Contentions
Authors: Tsang, Steve.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy: Origins, Evolution and Contentions,” by Sonny Lo.
33. Title:Party and State in Post-Mao China
Authors: Manion, Melanie.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Party and State in Post-Mao China,” by Teresa Wright.
34. Title:China and Taiwan
Authors: Fei-Ling Wang.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “China and Taiwan,” by Steven M. Goldstein.
35. Title:PLA Influence on China's National Security Policymaking
Authors: Jingdong Yuan.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “PLA Influence on China's National Security Policymaking,” by Phillip Saunders and Andrew Scobell.
36. Title:The End of Cheap Labour? Industrial Transformation and "Social Upgrading" in China
Authors: Chun-Yi Lee.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “The End of Cheap Labour? Industrial Transformation and "Social Upgrading" in China,” by Florian Butollo.
37. Title:Comrade Ambassador: Whitlam's Beijing Envoy
Authors: Harris, Stuart.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Comrade Ambassador: Whitlam's Beijing Envoy,” by Stephen FitzGerald.
38. Title:Chinese Hegemony: Grand Strategy and International Institutions in East Asian History
Authors: Evans, Paul.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Chinese Hegemony: Grand Strategy and International Institutions in East Asian History,” by Feng Zhang.
39. Title:The Improbable War: China, the United States and the Logic of Great Power Conflict
Authors: Taylor, Brendan.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “The Improbable War: China, the United States and the Logic of Great Power Conflict,” by Christopher Coker.
40. Title:After the Event: The Transmission of Grievous Loss in Germany, China and Taiwan
Authors: Strauss, Julia C.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “After the Event: The Transmission of Grievous Loss in Germany, China and Taiwan,” by Stephan Feuchtwang.
41. Title:Urban Mobilizations and New Media in Contemporary China
Authors: Yongshun Cai.
Abstract:The article reviews thebook “Urban Mobilizations and New Media in Contemporary China,” by Lisheng Dong and Hanspeter Kriesi.
42. Title:China's Party Congresses: Power, Legitimacy, and Institutional Manipulation
Authors: Zhiyue Bo.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “China's Party Congresses: Power, Legitimacy, and Institutional Manipulation,” by Guoguang Wu.
43. Title:The Domestic Dynamics of China's Energy Diplomacy
Authors: Andrews-Speed, Philip.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “The Domestic Dynamics of China's Energy Diplomacy,” by Chi Zhang.
44. Title:China and Global Nuclear Order: From Estrangement to Active Engagement
Authors: Jingdong Yuan.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “China and Global Nuclear Order: From Estrangement to Active Engagement,” by Nicola Horsburgh.
45. Title:Mao's Cultural Army: Drama Troupes in China's Rural Revolution
Authors: Mackerras, Colin.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Mao's Cultural Army: Drama Troupes in China's Rural Revolution,” by Brian James DeMare.
46. Title:Neighbourhood Governance in Urban China
Authors: Beibei Tang.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “Neighbourhood Governance in Urban China,” by Ngai-Ming Yip.
47. Title:The Growth of Chinese Electronic Firms: Globalization and Organizations
Authors: Tse-Kang Leng.
Abstract:The article reviews the book “The Growth of Chinese Electronic Firms: Globalization and Organizations,” by K. Kimura.