From NPQ, a special section on China. From Portal, a special issue on Post-Mao, Post-Bourdieu: Class and Taste in Contemporary China. From the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Baohui Zhang (Lingnan): Chinese Foreign Policy in Transition: Trends and Implications; and Arjan de Haan (Erasmus): The Financial Crisis and China’s “Harmonious Society”; and a special issue on Taiwan. From FT, a review essay on China. In its range and depth, physics in China is much like physics in other big, technologically advanced countries; the historical, political, and social contexts, however, are China’s own. A review of The Party: the Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor. A review of When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind — Or Destroy It by Jonathan Watts (and more and more and more). What's best for the west: China vows to press ahead with the western development strategy and achieve sound and rapid growth in the region. A review of China: The Pessoptimist Nation by William A. Callahan. A review of The Beijing Consensus: How China’s Authoritarian Model Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century by Stefan Halper. How communist is China? They sure buy a lot of cars for a society built on collective ownership. From Bookforum, a review of books that examine China's peasantry and its role in the New Economy. Photographer Rian Dundon uncovers the youth left behind by China’s boom.
