“China and Globalization” series e-book downloads top 5.7 million!
As of April 28, 2025, e-book downloads of the books that make up the “China and Globalization” series, jointly published by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) and Springer Nature Group, exceeded 5.7 million.
The “China and Globalization” series, co-edited by Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG and Dr. Mabel Lu Miao, Secretary-General of CCG, aims to offer a balanced global perspective by gathering insights from influential policy scholars, practitioners, and opinion leaders from China and around the world. To date, a total of nine works have been published in the series.
Global Development and Cooperation with China: New Ideas, Policies and Initiatives for a Changing World
Editors: Henry Huiyao Wang, Mabel Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-96-2451-5
Published in April, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Global Development and Cooperation with China: New Ideas, Policies and Initiatives for a Changing World is the latest volume in the series. The volume combines the insights and wisdom of 26 representatives from a wide range of international organizations into a collection of 21 essays, focusing on the latest trends in four major areas—global governance, trade and economics, science and technology, and culture and exchange— providing the readers with up-to-date information in these areas with a special focus on China and its relevant contributions. In just 10 days following its launch in April 2025, the book was downloaded 8,810 times.
Enhancing Global Governance in a Fragmented World: Prospects, Issues, and the Role of China
Editors: Henry Huiyao Wang, Mabel Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-97-2557-1
Published in June, 2024
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Enhancing Global Governance in a Fragmented World: Prospects, Issues, and the Role of China is the eighth volume in the series. In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic, de-globalization, geopolitical tensions, economic disruptions, energy crisis, ecological, environmental and climate crises have given rise to and shaped the “polycrisis” currently affecting nearly all nations with profound implications for international politics, the world economy and global governance.
What are the forces fragmenting our world—and how should we respond? How can we adapt to the new twists and turns in globalization?
This volume brings together the wisdom and insights of 30 leading figures from the global think tank community that emphasize a common, central theme through all of the 25 essays, which is the need for a more universal, inclusive and multilateral approach to reforming global governance. The book also examines these issues from China’s perspective, analyzing its role in global development, providing a valuable reference for policymakers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and readers interested in international affairs. Since its launch in June 2024, this book has received 99,000 downloads.
The Future of China’s Development and Globalization: Views from Ambassadors to China
Editors: Henry Huiyao Wang, Mabel Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-99-7511-2
Published in January, 2024
Publisher: Springer Nature
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The Future of China’s Development and Globalization: Views from Ambassadors to China is the seventh volume in the series and the second ambassadorial volume. As the world continues to recover from the fear and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, it faces new challenges—rising geopolitical tensions, intensifying food and energy crises, and the persistent threat of climate change. These developments have further complicated global economic recovery, exacerbated existing inequalities, fueled a growing wave of anti-globalization sentiment and posed serious challenges to global governance.
This moment calls for renewed consensus and strengthened cooperation to help define the framework for the future of globalization. In this volume, 28 ambassadors examine China’s role amid a world in constant flux, offering perspectives on its trade and investment relationships, its engagement in multilateralism and regional relations, as well as its contributions to global governance. Since its launch in January 2024, the book has been downloaded 151,000 times.
Soft Power and Great-Power Competition: Shifting Sands in the Balance of Power between the United States and China
Author: Joseph S. Nye Jr.
ISBN: 978-981-99-0716-8
Published in April, 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Soft Power and Great-Power Competition: Shifting Sands in the Balance of Power Between the United States and China, authored by Joseph S. Nye Jr.—the father of the term “soft power” and professor at Harvard University—is the sixth volume in the series. Nye defines “soft power” as the ability to influence others through attraction rather than coercion or payment. In his view, soft power is not a zero-sum game: if China becomes more attractive to the United States, and the United States becomes more attractive to China, both countries can benefit—and potentially narrow their differences.
This volume brings together essays spanning the past three decades of Nye’s writing and offers a reflection on the nature of power, the global role of the United States, and the dynamics of U.S.-China relations
Through this collection, readers are invited to gain a better understanding of the shifting global landscape and consider that while great power competition may be inevitable in a multipolar world, cooperation on transnational challenges remains a positive sum endeavor. Since its launch in April 2023, the book has been downloaded 528,000 times.
The Ebb and Flow of Globalization: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Development and Role in the World
Author: Henry Huiyao Wang
ISBN: 978-981-16-9253-6
Published in August, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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The fifth volume of the series is The Ebb and Flow of Globalization: Chinese Perspectives on China’s Development and Role in the World by Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang. The book examines globalization and China’s evolving role in the world, offering unique perspectives on a tumultuous period that began with Donald Trump’s election and ended with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The period oversaw the reshaping of the global landscape reshaped by China’s continued rise, intensifying great power competition, and a public health crisis fundamentally altered daily life.
The essays revolve around three interconnected themes – China’s remarkable development under its policy of Reform and Opening-up, China’s deepening integration into the global economy and rise in an increasingly multipolar world; and the urgent need to reinvigorate global governance and multilateralism to meet the pressing global challenges of the 21st century. Since its launch in August 2022, the book has been downloaded 6,290 times.
China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China
Editors: Henry Huiyao Wang, Mabel Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-16-8086-1
Published in March, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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The fourth volume of this series, and the first ambassadorial volume, China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China, is made up of works from 24 Ambassadors to China, discussing a range of bilateral and multilateral issues, including trade and investment, regional economic cooperation, the “Belt and Road Initiative”, economic recovery from COVID-19 and China’s Fourteenth Five Year Plan. So far, this edition has been downloaded over 221,000 times since its launch in March 2022.
Transition and Opportunity: Strategies from Business Leaders on Making the Most of China’s Future
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao
ISBN: 978-981-16-8605-4
Published in Fabruary, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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The third volume in the series, Transition and Opportunity: Strategies from Business Leaders on Making the Most of China’s Future, features 22 contributions from leading figures, including the CEOs of major multinational corporations and presidents of foreign chambers of commerce in China. These contributions offer invaluable insights, balanced and diverse perspectives on a range of issues related to China’s domestic development, international economic cooperation, and China-US competition. These perspectives and insight are useful not only for the wider business community, but also to academics, policymakers, students, and anyone trying to deepen their understanding of dynamic period of “transition and opportunity” and how to engage with China’s bright future. Since its launch in February 2022, the book has been downloaded more than 231,000 times.
The Asian 21st Century
Author: Kishore Mahbubani
ISBN: 978-981-16-6813-5
Published in January, 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature
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The second volume of the series is The Asian 21st Century, authored by verteran Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. In this book, Mahbubani offers a detailed explanation of how Asia is posed to become the new engine of globalization in the 21st century. He argues that the 21st century will see the return of Asia to the center of the world stage, highlighting China’s peaceful rise and a gradual reshaping of the world order. The book has received international attention and has been downloaded more than 4.02 million times since its launch on December 30, 2021.
Consensus or Conflict?: China and Globalization in the 21st Century
Editors: Huiyao Wang, Alistair Michie
ISBN: 978-981-16-5393-3
Published in September, 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature
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The first volume of the series, Consensus or Conflict?: China and Globalization in the 21st century, is a groundbreaking collection of contributed articles by 38 authors, ranging from distinguished opinion leaders to renowned scholars such as Pascal Lamy, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Edmund Phelps, Kishore Mahbubani, Lord Jim O’Neill, Wendy Cutler, Mr. Zhu Guangyao and He Yafei.
In this unprecedented period of human history, these contributors offer new insights, ideas and policy recommendations ranging from addressing challenges with the “rules based world order”, global public health, climate change, education and migration, the digital and biosphere revolutions, and global governance. Since its launch on September 30, 2021, the book has received critical acclaim and more than 428,000 downloads.
In recognition of its innovation and contribution to sustainability research, the book stood out among more than 800 works to win Springer Nature Group’s “2022 China New Development Award”.
About CCG
Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Beijing, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) is China’s leading global non-governmental think tank. It has more than ten branches and overseas offices with over 100 full-time researchers and staff engaged in research on globalization, global governance, international economy and trade, international relations and global migration. In the 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania, the world’s most authoritative think tank ranking, CCG was again recognized as one of the world’s top 100 think tanks, ranking in 64th place globally.
While cultivating its own research teams, CCG has also built an international research network of leading experts in China and overseas. CCG has developed a variety of events and platforms, providing effective channels to facilitate exchanges among policymakers, experts, scholars, and industry leaders. CCG also plays an active role in non-governmental exchanges and Track 2 Diplomacy, becoming a valuable platform to foster mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world. As one of the first Chinese think tanks to “go global”, CCG has held bilateral and multilateral events at the Paris Forum, and other important international events. CCG has been involved in promoting many national development and global governance policies. It regularly submits policy recommendations to relevant state agencies and ministries, many of which have been commented on by the central leadership and have served as a reference for major decisions made by relevant departments, continually promoting government policymaking and institutional innovation. CCG has also been granted Special Consultative Status by the United Nations.
The CCG Publishing Center works closely with internationally renowned publishing houses including Springer Nature, Edward Elgar, Palgrave Macmillan, World Scientific and Oxford University Press, as well as top domestic publishing houses including the China Translation & Publishing House, the People’s Publishing House, SDX Joint Publishing Company, CITIC Press Group, Social Sciences Academic Press (China), China Science and Technology Press, and China Social Sciences Press to publish a wide range of content including research collections, themed compilations and original works. The CCG Publishing Center generally produces over ten monographs, compilations and research reports in both Chinese and English every year.
Currently, CCG Publishing Center has developed three series of English books: “China and Globalisation”, “Chinese Enterprise Globalization” and “International Talent Development in China”, aiming at global readers, including those at overseas research institutes, universities, think tanks, international organizations, and enterprises to help them learn more about China.
