dependency theory
depoliticization
depressionssee also economic recession
developed world see the West
developing world
China as
rise of
and the West
Diamond, Jared
Diaoyu/Senkaku islands
Dikötter, Frank
Ding Xueliang
dollar
domestic/corporate savings
Dreyer, Edward
drugs
East Asia
and China see regional pre-eminence democracy Japan’s attitude to
racism
Sino-US relation in
spread of Mandarin
East Asia modernity
cultural characteristics
nature of
rise of
speed of
Western influence see Westernization
Western view of
East Asian Economic Caucus
East Asian Free Trade Area
East India Company
ecological deficit
economic recessionsee also depressions
Edo (laterTokyo)
education
Confucian classics
expenditure
in family
language teaching
overseas Chinese
reforms
on science and technology
strengths
universities
value of
elites
Elvin, Mark
employment, in European industry
energy security strategy (2007)
English (language)
dominance of
presence in East Asia
potential decline
Enlightenment principles
environmental awareness
ethnic minorities see also individual groups
euro
Europe
and China
decline of
diaspora
and the international system
and modernity see modernity
multi-state system
overseas empires
share of world population
and United States
European embargo
European exceptionalism
European Union
evolution
Fairbank, John K.
family systems
farmers, land rights
farming population
fashion industry
fast-food restaurants
Fausett, Bret
Ferguson, Niall
feudal system
filial piety
Filipinas
film industry
financial crisis see also Asian Financial Crisis; credit crunch
foreign direct investment
to Africa
to China
from China
Fortune Top
France
Friedman, Thomas
Fukuyama, Francis
G20
G8
Gao Rui-qian
Gardner, Howard
Garver, John
Geely
gender
Germany
Gernet, Jacques
Giddens, Anthony
Gilley, Bruce
gimu
Gin, Katherine
giri
global GDP, China’s share
global history
global trade see international trade
global warming
globalization
Western view of
‘Going Global’
golf
good governance
government
function of
nature of
Gramsci, Antonio
Grand Canal
Gray, John
Great Wall
Greater China
Greek civilization
growth sustainability
Guangdong province
Guangzhou
Hainan Province
Han Chinese
invention of
myth of
resettlement
in Tibet
Han dynasty (BC-AD)
Hangzhou
harmonious society
Harrell, Stevan
health services
Heaven, concept of
hegemonysee also Chinese hegemony; United States, hegemony
Henan province
Hevi, Emmanuel
Historical Records (Sima Qian)
Hobsbawm, Eric
Hollywood
homogeneity
Hong Kong
democracy
direct investment in mainland
languages
process of modernization
public opinion
racism
renminbi in
superstitious customs
taken by British
transfer of sovereignty
Westernization
Hu Angang
Hu Jintao
Hu Yaobang
Huang Ping
Human Development Index (HDI)
human race, evolution of
human rights
Hung Tze Jan
hyper-modernity
Ikenberry, John
IMF
imperial examination system
imperial family, Japanese and Chinese
imperial state system
income per capital
India
and China
clothing
colony economy
cricket
democracy
as megastate
population
shares of global GDP
Indian Premier League
individualism
Indonesia
China’s impact
farming population
languages
overseas Chinese
industrial employment, in Europe
Industrial Revolution
industrialization see modernity
inequality, in China
Inner Mongolia
interest groups
internal wars, in Europe
international financial system
international gold standard system
international system see also tributary system; Westphalian system
international trade
East Asia
in Ming dynasty
in Song dynasty
internet
inventions
Iran
Iraq
Japan
agriculture
and ASEAN
and China
clothing
democracy
distinctiveness of
and East Asia n
food
modernity
overseas Chinese
population
racial terms
rise/fall of
Tokugawa era
Japanese firms
Japanese (language)
Jiang Zemin
Jin Guantao
Jin Jing
Johnson, M. Dujon
Johnston, Alastair Iain
Kagan, Robert
Kang, David
Kang Youwei
Kennedy, Paul
Kentucky Fried Chicken stores
kimono
kinship relations
Koizumi, Junichiro
Korea
Korean (language)
kowtow
Krauthammer, Charles
Kuala Lumpur
Kuomintang see Nationalist Party
Kuwait
Kynge, James
Kyoto Protocol
labour force
labour law
labour-saving machinery
Landes, David
language
internet
writing system
Latin America
Lee Teng-hui
Lenovo
Leong, Evan
Leverett, Flynt
Levine, Steven I.
Lhasa
Liberal Democrats, in Japan
Lin Yifu, Justin
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaodong
London Metropolitan University
London Olympics
Lu Liang
LVMH
Ma Ying-jeou
Macartney, Lord George
Macfarlane, Alan
Mackerras, Colin
Maddison, Angus
Mahathir Mohamad
Major, John S.
Malaysia
and China
clothing
overseas Chinese
population
Westernization
Manchus
Mandarin
mandate of Heaven
Mann, James
Mao-Nixon rapprochement
Mao suit
Mao Zedong
maritime prowess
maritime sovereignty
maritime voyages see also Zheng He
martial arts
‘mass incidents’
Mbeki, Moeletsi
McCain, John
McDonald’s stores
media industries
medicine
Mei Ling
Meiji Restoration
Mencius
Menzies, Gavin
merchants
Mexico
Middle East
Middle Kingdom mentality
Milan
military expenditure
China
Europe
global distribution
United States
military strength
mineral reserves
Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
models
modernity
Chinese model see modernization, China
concept of
contested modernity
and culture
and democracy
East Asia model see East Asia modernity
indigenous nature
Japanese model
types of
Western style
modernization, China
distinctive characteristics
emergence of
environmental dilemma
failure of
foundations of
global economic impact
process of
prospect of
sustainability
technological aspect
modernization theory
modular production
Mongols
moral instruction
Myanmar
Nakane, Chie
Nanjing Massacre
Nanjing, Treaty of
nation-state
national economies
national sovereignty
nationalism, in China
Nationalist Party
natural resources see also coal; oil
Africa’s concern
consumption
lack of
Russia’s concern
NBA