Facing China as a New Global Superpower Domestic and International D

This book brings together diverse perspectives from the newest generation of scholars from Canada and China to better understand China in the 21st century. It examines China's socio-political structure, its particular relationship with Canada, and interac

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cing China as a New Global Superpower Domestic and International Dynamics from a Multidisciplinary Angle

Facing China as a New Global Superpower

Huhua Cao Jeremy Paltiel •

Editors

Facing China as a New Global Superpower Domestic and International Dynamics from a Multidisciplinary Angle

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Editors Huhua Cao University of Ottawa Ottawa Canada

ISBN 978-981-287-822-9 DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-823-6

Jeremy Paltiel Carleton University Ottawa Canada

ISBN 978-981-287-823-6

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Contents

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Introduction: Sustainability of Sino-Canadian Partnership . . . . . . Huhua Cao

Part I 2

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Changing State-Society Relations and Policy Reforms

Corporatist Representation Via People’s Congress: An Aspect on the State–Society Relationship in Contemporary China . . . . . . Jing Qian Non-Governmental Organizations in Contemporary China: Development of Community-Based Social Service Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Shieh A Chinese Approach to Land Rights: How Bo’s Chongqing Model Exposed an Economic Reform Program in Crisis. . . . . . . . Kamyar Razavi

Part II

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Canada-China Relations and Chinese Diaspora in Canada

Canada’s Foreign Policy Toward the People’s Republic of China: Continuity and Change Since 1949 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Lefrançois

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The Death Penalty in China and Its Impact on Sino-Canadian Criminal Justice Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minxing Zhao

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The Evolution of Canada’s Policy Towards Human Rights in China Since 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .