Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
About the Book Series
The primary aim of this series is to publish original, high quality, research-level work, by both new and established scholars in the West and East, on all aspects of the Chinese economy, including studies of business and economic history. Works of synthesis, reference books and edited collections will also be considered. Submissions from prospective authors are welcomed.
Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty Reduction in Contemporary China
1st Edition
By Shujie Yao
July 26, 2012
China has experienced over a quarter century of rapid economic growth, which has had a phenomenal impact on the global economy. Entering into the twenty-first century implies that China has begun a new phase of economic and social development. Yao reviews the economic development history ...
China's Economic Relations with the West and Japan, 1949-1979: Grain, Trade and Diplomacy
1st Edition
By Chad Mitcham
July 11, 2012
During the period 1949 to 1979, communist China was officially pursuing a policy of self-sufficiency, and the United States and its allies were officially implementing a trade embargo against communist China. However, this book, based on extensive original research, demonstrates that China was ...
The Chinese Banking Industry: Lessons from History for Today's Challenges
1st Edition
By Yuanyuan Peng
April 17, 2012
This book provides detailed systematic micro-level analysis of the historical development of the Chinese banking industry, focusing in particular on the development of the Bank of China (BOC) in the period 1905 to 1949. Banking reform is a key area of China’s economic transformation, and this book...
China's Industrial Policies and the Global Business Revolution: The Case of the Domestic Appliance Industry
1st Edition
By Ling Liu
November 25, 2011
As China has blended market reforms with comprehensive industrial policies, most research has focused on the national government's strategies for economic growth. However, one of the unique characteristics of industrial policy in China is that it involves government intervention at all levels,...
Economic Convergence in Greater China: Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
1st Edition
By Chun Kwok Lei, Shujie Yao
April 14, 2011
Although China's economy has grown very rapidly in recent decades, there are still very large differences between the economy of mainland China and the economies of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. For example, per capita income in Hong Kong is many, many times higher than per capita income in ...
Constructing a Social Welfare System for All in China
1st Edition
By China Development Research Foundation
April 13, 2011
China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications therefore provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it ...
Managers and Mandarins in Contemporary China: The Building of an International Business
1st Edition
By Tang Jie
June 18, 2010
This book explores the question as to whether the way in which Chinese management handles conflict is fundamentally different from elsewhere or much the same. It does so by examining in detail an international joint venture construction project, where managers rooted in contrasting business systems...
Corporate Governance in China
1st Edition
By Jian Chen
August 14, 2009
Based on extensive original economic analysis, Chen examines key questions relating to corporate governance in China, including the relationship between ownership structure and corporate performance, the determinants of capital structure, and the nature of contemporary governance structures. ...
Economic and Social Transformation in China: Challenges and Opportunities
1st Edition
By Angang Hu
June 02, 2009
The Center for China Studies is among China’s most influential think-tanks, and its China Studies Reports are read at the highest levels of government. Now for the first time, the most important of these reports is collected in book form in English, providing a fascinating insight into the ...
Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities
1st Edition
By Ajit S. Bhalla, Shufang Qiu
June 02, 2009
The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. The minorities in China constitute less than ten per cent of the entire population, yet they represent forty to fifty per cent of the absolute poor. This compelling book investigates the problem of poverty and inequality ...
Eliminating Poverty Through Development in China
1st Edition
By China Development Research Foundation
May 15, 2009
In recent years China has achieved impressive economic growth, and also made remarkable progress in human development. However, contemporary China is still faced with the great challenge of widespread poverty. This not only constitutes a barrier against China’s pursuit of sustainable economic ...
Chinese Citizenship: Views from the Margins
1st Edition
Edited
By Vanessa L. Fong, Rachel Murphy
May 14, 2009
Bringing a new dimension to the study of citizenship, Chinese Citizenship examines how individuals at the margins of Chinese society deal with state efforts to transform them into model citizens in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Based on extensive original research, the authors...