Modern China and the New World

Introduction

Part I: New Geopolitical Dynamics in East Asia and Asia-Pacific
Chapter 1: The New ‘Great Game’ Emerging in East Asia: The Coming Struggle for Regional Supremacy, by Randall Doyle
Chapter 2: The Asia-Pacific Region: ‘The Geographical Pivot of History’ in the 21st Century, by Randall Doyle
Chapter 3: The American Mandarin: Henry Kissinger and the Reemergence of China, by Randall Doyle

Part II: The Middle Kingdom and Domestic Challenges
Chapter 4: China’s Constitutional Reform: The Background, The Goal, The Procedures and The Constraints, by Zhang Boshu
Chapter 5: The Way to Resolve the Tibet Issue, by Zhang Boshu

The book, Modern China and the New World, presents some of the most important issues confronting present-day China with the authors’ insightful views. As an expert on the Asian-Pacific studies, Professor Doyle acknowledges China’s role in shaping the future of the world in topics such as China's foreign policy and its relations to the U.S. and its Asia-Pacific neighbors. As the best constitutional and political scholar in China, Dr. Zhang is well recognized by the free intellectual world and ranked as one of the top 100 public intellectuals by Chinese citizens, despite the fact of being kicked out of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a think-tank for the Central Government of China. Dr. Zhang’s calm, wisdom, and constructive ideas are reflected in his writings on the role of political reforms in Chinese society and an analysis of the 'Tibetan Issues' for China's central government. Altogether, Professors Doyle and Zhang have put together a book that is timely and relevant on matters concerning China and its future role in regional and global affairs.