China Perspectives
About the Book Series
The China Perspectives series focuses on publishing original and translated works by leading Chinese scholars, writing about both global topics and China-related themes. It represents the complete portfolio of Taylor & Francis Books in China, which covers Humanities & Social Sciences, Education, Mental Health and Psychology, Science and Technology, Engineering, as well as many interdisciplinary themes.
This is the first time that any of these books have been published or translated into English for international readers. The series aims to put forward a Chinese perspective, give insights into cutting-edge academic thinking in China, and inspire researchers globally.
To submit proposals, please contact the Taylor & Francis Publisher for China Publishing Programme, Lian Sun ([email protected])
A Study of the Urban Poetics of Frank O’Hara
1st Edition
By Wang Xiaoling, Wang Yuzhi, Zheng Mingyuan
January 29, 2024
Focusing on the poetry and cultural practice of Frank O’Hara, the great urban poet of the New York School during the 1950s and 1960s, this books explores the interwoven relationship between his urban poetics and the urban culture of New York, seeking to shed light on poetic concept and its cultural...
After Postmodernism
1st Edition
By Wang Ning
January 29, 2024
This book engages with the critical decline of postmodernism and newer currents of thinking that have come to the fore, including postcolonialism, feminism, and cultural studies, constituting an exploration of the cultural landscape after the heyday of postmodernism in the West and its profound ...
Another Invisible Hand: The Transformation of Social Structure
1st Edition
By Li Peilin
January 29, 2024
There have been two “hands” exerting influence on China’s resource allocation and economic development: one is tangible (government intervention), and the other intangible (market regulation). This book focuses on a third factor, “another invisible hand,” which is social structure transformation. ...
Chinese Law of Personality Rights I: Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Wang Liming, Shi Jiayou
January 29, 2024
This volume is a collection of up-to-date, authoritative essays on China’s Law of Personality Rights, its impact in practice and its legal background. The Law of Personality Rights was enacted in China in May 2020, the first time that the Law has been legislated as an independent part of the Civil ...
Embracing the New Two-Child Policy Era: Challenge and Countermeasures of Early Care and Education in China
1st Edition
By Xiumin Hong, Wenting Zhu, Qun Ma
January 29, 2024
Crafted from a research project that lasted for three years, this book examines the impacts of China’s universal two-child policy under the lens of education and focuses specifically on early childhood. This book not only provides number projection, but also the prediction and judgment of the ...
English in China: Creativity and Commodification
1st Edition
Edited
By Songqing Li
January 29, 2024
English-related linguistic creativity and language commodification are a constant topic of interest and analysis for scholars. This volume is intended to initiate a dialogue between these two domains of inquiry that have been abundantly addressed but rarely documented together or in relation to one...
Family Burden Coefficient in China: Exploratory Research and Application
1st Edition
By Tian Feng
January 29, 2024
This book is a quantitative study of families in China that focuses specifically on the family burden coefficient. The aim is to provide a simple and accurate calculus for describing the level of family burden and thus provide guidance for policy. The topics explored include changes in China’s ...
Imagined China: Research on Chinese Films in the 1980s
1st Edition
By Wang Haizhou
January 29, 2024
This book explores how Chinese films constructed an image of China in the 1980s through analyzing the characters, composition of space, and conflict patterns of the films. It also examines the relationship between the representations in Chinese cinema and the realities of Chinese society. The study...
Industrial Geography in Contemporary China
1st Edition
By Canfei He
January 29, 2024
This title provides an overall view of industrial geography in the context of contemporary China and investigates the development processes, research paradigms, and achievements of China’s industrial geography, with a particular focus on the post- reform period. The first two chapters introduce the...
Internet Regulation and the International Trade Regime
1st Edition
By Sun Nanxiang
January 29, 2024
In the age of information, an open Internet is a key component for modern economic development. This book analyses the World Trade Organization Agreement for virtual society and explores key questions regarding internet regulation and trade barriers. Information and communication technology has ...
Metadiscursive Nouns: Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing
1st Edition
By Feng (Kevin) Jiang
January 29, 2024
Based on a 1.7-million-word corpus of 160 research articles from both soft and hard knowledge fields, this book sets out to explore how a particular type of noun – namely, the metadiscursive noun – is rhetorically used to mediate writer-reader interaction in disciplinary writing. Analysts of ...
Political Economy in the Evolution of China's Urban–Rural Economic Relations
1st Edition
By Fan Gao
January 29, 2024
This book investigates the trajectory and evolutionary mechanisms of China’s urban–rural economic relationships, seeking to explore how a developing socialist country can attain sustainable development and common prosperity. Grounded in a deep literature review and a practical analysis of ...