About this book
A 'moderately prosperous society' with no Chinese individual left behind—that's the vision for China set out by Chinese President Xi Jinping in a number of important speeches in 2017. 'Moderate' prosperity may seem like a modest goal for a country with more billionaires (609 at last count) than the US. But the 'China Story' is a complex one. The China Story Yearbook 2017: Prosperity surveys the important events, pronouncements, and personalitites that defined 2017. It also presents a range of perspectives, from the global to the individual, the official to the unofficial, from mainland China to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Together, the stories present a richly textured portrait of a nation that in just forty years has lifted itself from universal poverty to (unequally distributed) wealth, changing itself and the world in the process.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Nineteenth Party Congress: Here Comes the Future
- 2. The Belt and Road Intiative: How to Win Friends and Influence People
- 3. North Korea: A Year of Crisis
- 4. China’s Power, the United States, and the Future of Australia
- 5. Precarious Wealth: The Search for Status and Security
- 6. Magic Cities, Future Dreams — Urban Contradictions
- 7. To Prosper or Perish
- 8. Human Rights in the Age of Properity
- 9. Prosperity and Freedom: Hong Kong’s Dilemma
- Chronology
- Notes
- Contributors
- Online Material
- List of Information Windows
- Previous China Story Yearbooks
