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Thirty years ago contemporary China studies in Scandinavia was largely an unknown phenomenon. Today the contemporary China field in Scandinavia has grown strong and active and consists of 90 active scholars. After exploring the development of sinology in the different countries with a focus on instutional structures, the author considers the themes and issues studied by China scholars and discusses the future directions and possibilities of contemporary China studies in Scandinavia. (DÜI-Sen)

The book is based on the hypothesis that a systematic analysis of the Chinese economic discourse is necessary in order to understand the underlying logic of Chinese economic development. The majority of works on the subject see China's economic development as a linear process of marketization or "growing out of the plan". In contradistinction to the prevailing paradigm, this book underlines that basic economic issues such as over-investment and unbalanced development continue to frame economic policy-making. The book is also unique in basing the narrative on a rich collection of Chinese language material.

Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the Party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of leadership, has revitalised itself, and created a new, younger and better trained cadre corps. Despite this successful transformation, there continue to be many problems that the Party will need to overcome if it is to remain in power, including pressures for democratization in both urban and rural areas, widespread corruption, the emergence o.