Great Convergence VS. The Great Divergence

Professor Zheng Yongnian is a renowned Chinese political scientist and political commentator who has written widely on contemporary China and especially Chinese politics. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Beijing University and his Ph.D. at Princeton University. He was a recipient of Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He currently serves as Presidential Chair Professor and the Founding Dean of School of Public Policy, and Funding Director of the Institute for International Affairs, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

• 1 Formulation of Questions.- 2 Material, Institution and People: Three Coordinates of Modernization.- 3 Globalization and Modernization.- 4 Great Convergence: Hyper-Globalization and Modernization.- 5 China’s Modernization under Great Convergence.- 6 Transition from Hyper-Globalization to “Chaos of the World”.- 7 Globalization and the Crisis of Human Society.- 8 Great Divergence and Its Consequences.- 9 Evaluation of Great Divergence.- 10 China’s Resolve and Persistence.- 11 Opening up to Outside World and Continuing Globalization.- 12 Internal Reform and Continued Modernization.- Appendix 1 Status Quo, Trends and Prospects of Sino-US Relationship: How to Escape “Thucydides Trap”.- Appendix 2 The Prospects of Chinese Path to Modernization.- Appendix 3 Traditional Chinese Economics and Chinese Modernization.