A key question for China, which has for some time been a leading global manufacturing base, is whether China can progress from being a traditional…

Using in-depth case studies of a wide-range of political, social and economic reforms in contemporary China this volume sheds light on the significance and consequences…

This book disputes the traditional argument that the equal inheritance system hinders the growth of Chinese family business, approaching this not only in terms of…

Analysing post-Mao China is not an easy task, but it is essential in order to understand the rationale and scope of the reform process started…

The study of patron-client politics is new to the study of Hong Kong political science. This book examines whether patron-client relations are critical to the…

One of the critical issues facing both the Chinese government and businesses operating in China is the lack of trained managers. This book, with…

Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual disorder. Suicide in China, however, should…

This volume unravels the politics surrounding behind China’s hegemonic project of heritage tourism development in Lijiang. It provides a compelling study of the dialectical…

This book contributes to a critical understanding of how Chinese same-sex identity in urban China is variously imagined; how it is transformed; and how it…

In the first systematic documentation of the pattern and processes of land development taking place in China in the last two decades George C.S Lin…