China Year Book 2015 - China’s Transition under Xi Jinping

About the Book

This volume is an outcome of the annual exercise of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi (IDSA) to understand and track China and its developmental course. As a flagship publication of the East Asia Centre in IDSA, the China Year Book (CYB) 2015 is an undertaking to comperehensively analyse China's state transformation internally and externally. To what extent China will smoothly transit to its power quest is still an open query. This volume is an exercise to bring this debate to the fore.

CONTENTS

Foreword by Shri Jayant Prasad, Director General, IDSA

Acknowledgement

List of Contributors

1. China in 2015: A Primer - Jagannath P. Panda

I. POLITICS AND SECURITY

2. China’s Domestic Politics: Promises and Pitfalls - Avinash Godbole

3. Chinese Society: The ‘Story’ Continues - Gunjan Singh

4. China’s Approach to Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism - Neha Kohli

5. Reform and Restructuring: Chinese Military in Transition - M.S. Prathibha

6. China’s Space Footprint: Tracking the Progress - Ajey Lele

7. Tibet: Perplexing Paradoxes and Shifting Paradigms - Antara Ghosal Singh

8. China and the Infrastructure of the Tibetan Plateau - Claude Arpi

II. ECONOMY AND REFORMS

9. Chinese Economy: Measuring the Progress - Sumita Dawra

10. China’s Exports: Declining Foreign Trade in the New Normal? - Sriparna Pathak

11. Labour and Industrial Slowdown in Pearl River Delta - Suresh T. Gopalan

12. Towards ‘Rule of Law’: Tracing the Legal Reforms - Ritu Agarwal

III. FOREIGN POLICY AND STRATEGY

13. Chinese Foreign Policy: New Developments under Xi Jinping - Panu Pazu

14. China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative: Tracking the Progress - Teshu Singh

15. China in Global Economic Governance: Cautious Debut,Confident Journey - Arpita Anant

IV. ENGAGING THE MAJOR PLAYER

16. China-U.S. Relations: Sharing Power is Not an Option - Namrata Goswami

17. China-India Relations: Calibrated Bonhomie or Real Harmony? - Netajee Abhinandan

18. China-Russia Relations: Convergence and Divergence in Partnership - Amit Kumar

19. China-Japan Relations: Deciphering the 70th Anniversary Course - Titli Basu

V. REGIONAL OUTREACH

20. China and South Asia: Deepening of Engagement - Prashant Kumar Singh

21. Beijing: Kabul’s ‘Reliable’ Strategic Partner - Vishal Chandra

22. China and Southeast Asia: Tracking the Developments - Sampa Kundu

23. China’s Silk Road Economic Belt Strategy in Central Asia - Rajorshi Roy

24. China and Korean Peninsula: Evolving Dynamics - Sandip Kumar Mishra

25. China and Iran Nuclear Deal: Primed to Benefit - S. Samuel C. Rajiv

26. China-EU Relations: Marco Polo Arrives from the East? - Nachiket Khadkiwala

Index

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