The book series, Modern China and the World, aims to publish high-quality scholarly research focusing on, among other areas, the sociopolitical, economic, diplomatic, legal, military, and gender-related policies, debates, and practices in China and Taiwan in modern times.

Special attention will be given to developments that have been shaped, to varying degrees, by interactions with and learning from the West, Japan, and other countries (e.g., Russia and Singapore).

Preferred topics include the divergent paths of modernization pursued by the Communists and the Nationalists; the extent to which China’s modernization represents a replication or revision of Western or Japanese models; the complex and often arduous process of China’s modernization; the underlying reasons for China’s persistent resistance to Western influence and its efforts to preserve traditional elements (e.g., Confucianism, rule by law, and centralized authority); the definition and nature of “modernization with Chinese characteristics”; and the degree to which it has been shaped by Western models.

Research on China’s historical and contemporary relations with its neighbors, Western countries, and Taiwan is also welcome.