Foreword

As a relative newcomer to appreciating the importance of China to UK policy I have of necessity required to read a fair number of books on China over the last few years. Inevitably there is somewhat of a variation in the quality of the output. Some are in the style of a business travelogue, others warning of one or other form of impending doom and some others of real merit and utility. This work is one of those last. It not only provides a number of authoritative analyses but also is directed very pointedly at the critical issues that confront policymakers outside of China. What is helpful is the absence of any particular ‘line’ being advanced and yet there is a coherent appreciation from a number of different angles germane to policy. ...

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