Sustainability and Change

China's reform and opening up policy has gone through 30 years.In the long river of history, thirty years may be insignificant, but it has caused China to undergo earth-shaking changes.A changed China will have an important influence on the world.This book contains 19 essays written by scholars (including graduate students and visiting scholars from the Mainland) who are mainly engaged in Chinese studies at the Hong Kong Baptist University. They discuss the recent development of contemporary China in terms of politics, international relations, economy, society, geography and culture for the purpose of outlining the context of the changes and painting a picture of the future.All chapters of this book seek to explain the complicated things in a simple way and combine empirical research with social science theories in order to truly reflect China's changes, problems, and challenges.Apart from being an introductory textbook of contemporary China, this book can also be used as a reference by professional Chinese research scholars.