China's Homeless Generation is a study of nearly two million Chinese who were displaced from home in Mainland China to the island of Taiwan. A result of the Chinese civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this massive migration began around 1948 and continued for more than a decade. The displacement officially lasted until November 1987, when they were legally allowed to return for the first time in nearly forty years.
Collectively, referred to as the 'Homeless Generation', this unique study makes extensive use of these...
China's Homeless Generation is a study of nearly two million Chinese who were displaced from home in Mainland China to the island of Taiwa...
In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world's second largest economy. The country's phenomenal economic growth has been sustained primarily by its rapid and continuous industrialization. Currently industry accounts for nearly two-fifths of China's gross domestic product, and since 2009 China has been the world's largest exporter of manufactured products. This book explores the question of how far this industrial growth has been the product of government policies. It discusses how government policies and their priorities...
In the past three decades, China has successfully transformed itself from an extremely poor economy to the world's second largest economy. The coun...
This text examines the development model that has driven China's economic success and looks at how it differs from the Washington Consensus. The contributors define the dynamics and distinctive features of the economic, political, legal and social dimensions of China's development model.
This text examines the development model that has driven China's economic success and looks at how it differs from the Washington Consensus. The contr...
China's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China's growing need for oil imports is shaping its international economic and diplomatic strategy and how this affects global political relations and behaviour. Part One is focused on the domestic drivers of energy policy: it provides a systematic account of recent trends in China's energy sector and assesses the context and processes of energy policy making, and concludes by showing how and why China's oil industry has spread across the world in the last...
China's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in its domestic energy needs. This book provides a critical overview of how China's growing n...
Thirty years have passed since the beginning of the reform era in China which saw important changes in agriculture and rural organizations, but it is clear that certain entrenched legacies from pre-reform China still linger on even after WTO accession, most importantly the key role played by state actors and politics in the development of markets in rural China. Although increasingly diversified markets have emerged for major agricultural inputs and products, their development cannot be understood without taking this role into account.Against this backdrop, the contributors to this book offer...
Thirty years have passed since the beginning of the reform era in China which saw important changes in agriculture and rural organizations, but it is ...
Leisure and Power in Urban China is the first comprehensive study of leisure activities in a medium size Chinese city. Hitherto, studies of Chinese leisure have focused on holidays, festivals and tourism. This, however, is a study of the kinds of leisure that take place on regular workdays in a local environment of Quanzhou city. In doing so, Leisure and Power introduces leisure studies to China studies, and data from China to the field of Leisure studies. Based on interviews with people from all walks of life and case studies from bookshops, internet bars, Karaoke parlours, streets and...
Leisure and Power in Urban China is the first comprehensive study of leisure activities in a medium size Chinese city. Hitherto, studies of Chinese le...
The recent conflict between indigenous Uyghurs and Han Chinese demonstrates that Xinjiang is a major trouble spot for China, with Uyghur demands for increased autonomy, and where Beijing's policy is to more firmly integrate the province within China. This book provides an account of how China's evolving integrationist policies in Xinjiang have influenced its foreign policy in Central Asia since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, and how the policy of integration is related to China's concern for security and its pursuit of increased power and influence in Central Asia. The...
The recent conflict between indigenous Uyghurs and Han Chinese demonstrates that Xinjiang is a major trouble spot for China, with Uyghur demands for i...
This book explores the interactions between social policy and migration in China. Using a theoretical framework of institutional economics, Lida Fan's discussion examines migration regulations, household registration, social welfare and insurance, employment, education, housing, medical care and industrial strategies with a view to answering the following questions: * What was/is the role of social policy in migration before and after the reform period? * What are the impacts of migration on the regional redistribution of human capital as a major source of regional development? * What are the...
This book explores the interactions between social policy and migration in China. Using a theoretical framework of institutional economics, Lida Fan's...
Using the comparative axes of political economy and cultural legacy, this book demonstrates the international commonalities and differences in access to and activation of social capital in China, the US and Taiwan.
Using the comparative axes of political economy and cultural legacy, this book demonstrates the international commonalities and differences in access ...
'China's Changing Workplace' explores the diverse nature of Chinese workplaces and workforce experiences. Considering a wide range of issues and different types of workplace, it outlines the critical changes in China's work and employment over the last decade.
'China's Changing Workplace' explores the diverse nature of Chinese workplaces and workforce experiences. Considering a wide range of issues and diffe...
