China is growing in importance to the economies and governments of the world, and it has been run by men with very different ideas. How China copes with the pressures for good governance with the Asian economic model, treats its ethnic minorities under scrutiny, and gathers resources to fuel its dynamic economy, impacts us all.
"Elizabeth Van Wie Davis's new volume on ruling, resources, and religion in China is an illuminating addition to this literature, thanks to its thorough discussion of both the ethnic-religious challenges that lie ahead of the Chinese party-state and the ways that the regime addresses such changes." - Asian Affairs