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Embracing an ontological approach to religious phenomena, this study traces the origins and development of Chinese Hell deity worship now prevalent in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. Written for academics and the interested public, it challenges assumptions vis--vis the diversity of present-day Chinese religious beliefs and ritual practices.

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This book offers a novel account of how the Chinese Communist Party has achieved rapid economic growth while preserving political stability. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and challenging existing paradigms of political economy, it sheds light on the financial foundations of China's evolving authoritarian capitalism. -- .

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This book offers a novel account of how the Chinese Communist Party has achieved rapid economic growth while preserving political stability. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and challenging existing paradigms of political economy, it sheds light on the financial foundations of China's evolving authoritarian capitalism. -- .

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This book provides an innovative methodology for investigating how China has been conceptualized historically, tracing the development of four key concepts (filial piety, face, fengshui and guanxi) in English and Chinese. It explores how specific ideas about what constitutes the uniqueness of Chinese culture influence the ways we think about China.

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This book asks what happens to transnational civil society actors as a result of their engagement with China, recognising its status and influence as a rising world power. Taking an interactive and processed-based approach, it aims to explain the multiple, divergent pathways or functional forms of advocacy campaigns in China. -- .

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Embracing an ontological approach to religious phenomena, this study traces the origins and development of Chinese Hell deity worship now prevalent in Singapore and Malaysia. Written for academics and the interested public, it challenges a priori assumptions vis--vis the diversity of present-day Chinese religious beliefs and ritual practices.

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China as context challenges the marginalization of Chinese-grounded ideas in academia, arguing that neglecting China distorts our understanding of global complexities. Through diverse ethnographic perspectives, this volume repositions China as a key agent in knowledge production, urging a holistic, post-global approach to the social sciences amid shifting global dynamics.

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This book compares how Russia and China maneuvered nationalism through communist revolutions and explains why they followed different paths in reorganizing empires.