neo-conservatives

neo-liberalism

New York

New Zealand

nihonjinron

Nolan, Peter

non-agricultural labour force

North-East Asia

North Korea

nuclear family

Nye, Joseph

Obama, Barack

Oh, Richard

oil

consumption

imports

interests in Russia

investment in industry

Olympic Games

‘one country, two systems’

Opium War, First

Oshikango, Namibia

overseas aid

overseas Chinese

in Africa

government’s policy

in Malaysia

in Russian Far East

in United States

overseas investment see foreign direct investment

Pakistan

Pan Wei

Panchen Lama

parenting

paternalism

patriotism

Patten, Chris

Peking Man

Perdue, Petern

Peru

Peugeot Citroën

Philippines

physical appearance

Pizza Hut restaurants

political reform

political stability

politics

future directions

nature of

pollution

Polo, Marco

polygenism

Pomeranz, Kenneth

popular accountability

popular sovereignty

population

in China

in East Asia countries

farming

loss and decline

world population shares

post-bubble crisis

poverty-reduction

Project for the New American

Century

protectionism

provinces

public opinion

on Chinese military power

on living standard

in Taiwan

Pudong, Shanghai

pugilistic traditions

Pye, Lucian

Qianlong, Emperor

Qin dynasty (221–206 BC)

Qin Shihuang

Qing dynasty (1644–1912)

identity crisis

racism

territorial expansion

tributary system

Qing Ming Festival

qipao

race riots

races see also Han Chinese

racism see also homogeneity

raw barbarians

raw materials see also commodities

regional pre-eminence

China and East Asia see also tributary system

China and Japan

China and Taiwan

China and United States

concept of sovereignty

multilateralism

reconfiguration of power

religion renminbi

and euro

implications of liberalization

as non-tradable currency

as reserve currency

research and development

resource-intensive growth

‘reverse racism’

Rice, Condoleezza

rice cultivation

Richerson, Peter J.

right to vote

Roberts, J. M.

Rogoff, Kenneth

Rudd, Kevin

rule of law

rural migrant workers

rural reform

Russia

samurai

San Francisco

Sarkozy, Nicolas

Saudi Arabia

science and technology

scientific publications

Senkaku/Diaoyu islands

sense of guilt

Shambaugh, David

Shandong province

Shanghai

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Shanghai Electric

Shanghai Five

Shenzhen

Shi Yinhong

Shimonoseki, Treaty of

Shintaro, Ishihara

ships

Sichuan province

Singapore

Sino-Japanese War

Sinocentrism see Middle Kingdom mentality

skin colour

Smith, Adam

Song dynasty (AD 960-1279)

South Asia

South China Sea

South-East Asia see also ASEAN

South Korea

farming population

identity

Mandarin learning

Students in China

urban population

sovereign wealth funds

Soviet Union

special economic zones

sports

Spratly and Paracel islands

state enterprises

state sovereignty

Steel, Valerie

steppe nomads

Su Xiaokang

suffrage

Sugihara, Kaoru

suicide

Sun Yat-sen

Sun Zi

superstitious customs

surveillance system

sustainability, of growth

Taipei

Taiping Uprising

Taiwan

China’s attitude to

farming population

modernity

public opinion

superstitious customs

Taiwanese identity

urban population

Tang, David

Tang dynasty (618–907)

Tang Shiping

Taoism

Tata Nano

tax reforms

TCL

tea culture

technocratic class

technology transfer

Temasek Holdings

tennis

Terracotta Army

territorial expansion

terrorism

Thailand

Therborn, Göran

Tianjin, Treaty of

Tibet

‘time-compression societies’

Tokugawa era

Tokyo (former Edo)

tolerance

tourism

trade unions

Treaty of Nanjing

tributary system

Tu Wei-ming

Tung Chee-hwa

UN peacekeeping operations, Chinese troops

unequal treaties

United Kingdom

and China

colonization

decline of

industrial employment

Industrial Revolution

Mandarin teaching

overseas Chinese

racism

share of world population

urban population

United States

and Africa

and Australia

and China

colonized/colonies

decline

and East Asia

economic strength

and Europe

foreign policies

hegemony

human rights debate

importation of investment

and India

industrial employment

insularity

and the international system

and Japan

Mandarin teaching

and Middle East

overseas Chinese

population

rise of

self perception

understanding of

universities

United States Africa Command

unity

universalism

universities

urban population

urbanization

US dollar

US National Intelligence Council report

US Treasury bonds

values

Veriah, Harinder

Vietnam

Vietnamese (language)

village election

Wang Gungwu

Wang Xiaodong

war on terror

waterway systems

Wen Jiabao

Wen Yudio

the West

concept of

decline of

and the developing world

share of world population

view on Asia modernity

view on China

Westernization

food

language

physical appearance

politics and power

Westphalian system

wet rice farming

Wolferen, Karel van

Wong Bin

workplace

World Bank

world history

writing system

WTO

Xinjiang

Xu Zongheng

Xuchang Man

Yan Xuetong

Yang Qingqing

Yangzi Delta

Yangzi river

Yasukuni Shrine

Yellow Emperor (Huang Di)

yellow races

Yoshino, Kosaku

Yu Yongding

Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

Yuan Shih-kai

Yukichi, Fukuzawa

Zambia

Zhang Qingli

Zhang Taiyan

Zhang Wei-Wei

Zhang Xiaogang

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yin

Zhang Yunling

Zhang Zhidong

Zhao Suisheng

Zhao Ziyang

Zheng He

zhongguo

Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC)

Zhou Enlai

Zhu Feng

Zhu Rongji

Zi Zhongyun

Zimbabwe