François Godement is professor of political science at Sciences Po, director of the Asia program of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and a non-resident senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His English-language books are The New Asian Renaissance and Downsizing Asia.

Contemporary China: Between Mao and Market belongs in current events, China affairs and political science collections alike as it provides an overview of modern Chinese society from an international scholar who narrows the focus to the country's last few decades of events. From its changing policies (both internally and externally) to the most recent events affecting its foreign policy and relationships, chapters offer many behind-the-scenes insights into how decisions are made, the state of political and social reforms and sentiments, and what's really happening in modern China. The result is a handbook designed to serve as a discussion point, with Europe's leading China expert providing a hard-hitting assessment of where the nation has been and where it's heading, and why.

• Introduction 1 Inside the Chongqing Furnace2 Rich Country, Poor People 3 Separate Worlds 4 Crossing the River, or the Impossible Political Transition 5 China Inc., the Hybrid Economy 6 Reform without Elections 7 Wukan, or the Possibility of an Election 8 2009—The Turning Point 9 Nationalism: An Alibi for Great Power Realism 10 A Faulty Diagnosis 11 Integration vs. Sovereignty: The Strategy Debate Conclusion: Xi Jinping Resets China About the Author

François Godement is professor of political science at Sciences Po, director of the Asia program of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and a non-resident senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His English-language books are The New Asian Renaissance and Downsizing Asia.

Contemporary China: Between Mao and Market belongs in current events, China affairs and political science collections alike as it provides an overview of modern Chinese society from an international scholar who narrows the focus to the country's last few decades of events. From its changing policies (both internally and externally) to the most recent events affecting its foreign policy and relationships, chapters offer many behind-the-scenes insights into how decisions are made, the state of political and social reforms and sentiments, and what's really happening in modern China. The result is a handbook designed to serve as a discussion point, with Europe's leading China expert providing a hard-hitting assessment of where the nation has been and where it's heading, and why.

• Introduction 1 Inside the Chongqing Furnace2 Rich Country, Poor People 3 Separate Worlds 4 Crossing the River, or the Impossible Political Transition 5 China Inc., the Hybrid Economy 6 Reform without Elections 7 Wukan, or the Possibility of an Election 8 2009—The Turning Point 9 Nationalism: An Alibi for Great Power Realism 10 A Faulty Diagnosis 11 Integration vs. Sovereignty: The Strategy Debate Conclusion: Xi Jinping Resets China About the Author

François Godement is professor of political science at Sciences Po, director of the Asia program of the European Council on Foreign Relations, and a non-resident senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His English-language books are The New Asian Renaissance and Downsizing Asia.

Contemporary China: Between Mao and Market belongs in current events, China affairs and political science collections alike as it provides an overview of modern Chinese society from an international scholar who narrows the focus to the country's last few decades of events. From its changing policies (both internally and externally) to the most recent events affecting its foreign policy and relationships, chapters offer many behind-the-scenes insights into how decisions are made, the state of political and social reforms and sentiments, and what's really happening in modern China. The result is a handbook designed to serve as a discussion point, with Europe's leading China expert providing a hard-hitting assessment of where the nation has been and where it's heading, and why.

• Introduction 1 Inside the Chongqing Furnace2 Rich Country, Poor People 3 Separate Worlds 4 Crossing the River, or the Impossible Political Transition 5 China Inc., the Hybrid Economy 6 Reform without Elections 7 Wukan, or the Possibility of an Election 8 2009—The Turning Point 9 Nationalism: An Alibi for Great Power Realism 10 A Faulty Diagnosis 11 Integration vs. Sovereignty: The Strategy Debate Conclusion: Xi Jinping Resets China About the Author