Dealing with financial and industrial reform, defence policies, the 'Asian-Values' debate, corruption and cronyism; as well as China, Japan and intra-regional affairs, this books reflects on underlying trends to examine paths to recovery.
Gerald Segal is the Director of Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. David S. G. Goodman is Director of the Institute for International Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, and a member of the Australian government's Foreign Affairs council. Both have written extensively; the most recent collections they have co-edited include China Deconstructs: Politics, Trade and Regionalism and China Rising: Nationalism and Interdependence, both published by Routledge.