Introduction and overview / Robert Taylor -- Political economy -- China's "new normal" growth trajectory : regional and global implications / Lucia Morales and Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan -- Origins and dimensions of the 21st century maritime silk road : experimental patch-work or grand strategy? / Robert Pauls and Joern-Carsten Gottwald -- Urban- rural differences in social policies : the case of the Hukou system in China / Agar Brugavini, Danilo Cavapozzi and Yao Pan -- The changing role of leadership and the impact of social media : a case study of public officials in Lanzhou / Bhumika Gupta, Saijid Haider, Zhu Yanru and Fan Yunxin -- Inward and outward FDI -- Chinese outward foreign direct investment : strategies for international development / Bruno Amann, Jacques Jaussaud and Zhang Boqi -- Chinese companies go global : the case of Chinese investments in France / Li Gao and Jan Schaaper -- Chinese firms in France : investment motives and related top manager staffing practices / Jiang Huiling and Roman Belz -- The Chinese way in developing corporate social responsibility / Gildas Lusteau, Isabelle Barth and Jacques Jaussaud -- The corporate social responsibility strategy of a French multinational : a global and local approach / Claire Etienne -- Services and consumption -- The price earnings per share (PER) and price book value of equity (PBR) in China : where do we stand? / Sophie Nivoix and Guo Yugang -- Emerging opportunities, challenges and constraints in the Chinese food industry / Maria Bruna Zolin and Matilde Cassin -- Food security, food safety and pesticides : China and the EU compared / Maria Bruna Zolin, Matilde Cassin and Ilda Mannino -- Assessing the trade potential between China and the EU in the agricultural sector / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and LI Junshi.