The roots of political science in China

If one wants to check out the rapid changes of political science in China over the past 30 years, In Pursuit of Harmony: An Academic Anthology of Zhao Baoxu provides a good reference. In the preface, former Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing says: "The book is unique as a crystallization of a seasoned professor's research efforts in more than half a century."

As a senior professor at Peking University and a senior adviser to the Chinese Association of Political Science, Zhao Baoxu has long been engaged in teaching and researching political science and international politics. Zhao has garnered respect and esteem in academic circles at home and abroad.

With 21 articles collected, the volume addresses important issues of Chinese politics, economics and foreign policy, and contains mainly the English papers and lectures presented by Zhao to the international academic community since the early days of the country's reform and opening up.