The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China
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In The Magic of Concepts Rebecca E. Karl interrogates "the economic" as concept and practice as it...
The Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for...
Economics of Tobacco Control in China: From Policy Research to Practice
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Nearly 370 million people in China smoke; about one-third of all smokers in the world are in China;...
China's Governance: Across Vertical and Horizontal Connexions
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This book elucidates fundamental governance features and issues in contemporary China. While...
The Social Life of Inkstones: Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China
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An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for...
China Low-Carbon Healthy City, Technology Assessment and Practice
Weiguang Huang, Mingquan Wang, Jun Wang and Chen Liu
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This book is based on multidisciplinary research focusing on low-carbon healthy city planning,...
The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan
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In the past decade, the need for oil in Asia's new industrial powers, China and India, has grown...
The Economics of Air Pollution in China: Achieving Better and Cleaner Growth
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Suffocating smog regularly envelops Chinese metropolises from Beijing to Shanghai, clouding the...
The One-China Policy: State, Sovereignty, and Taiwan's International Legal Status
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Taiwan and the one-China policy is a global issue that appears set to grow in importance in the...
Broken Abacus?: A More Accurate Gauge of China's Economy
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Until recently a lack of precision around China's economic size was taken for granted but caused...