At a moment when the centre of gravity of the HIV/AIDS pandemic that is affecting over 40 million people worldwide is gradually shifting towards Asia,…

Since the alarm signal was first sounded by professor Amartya Sen in 1990[1] works have appeared on the growing imbalances between the sexes in East…

p align=”justify”> This volume contains a collection of sixteen papers presented at the conference on the work of Gao Xinjiang, which was organised by the…

This book is a partial translation of a Chinese best-seller published in September 2000[1]. It was one of the first in a series of books…

This book[1] provides a wide range of discussion topics associated with the economic transition in urban China . The contributions of 13 scholars, both local…

Mary Gallagher’s book has twin objectives. On the one hand, it seeks to disclose the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the process of…

Both in terms of its theme and its wealth of erudition, this book by the Korean historian, Hodong Kim, is an invaluable contribution to Central…

This book, which is taken from the thesis presented by Fung Chi Ming at the University of Hong Kong in 1996, deals principally with the…

Since France ’s diplomatic archives on the Far East were transferred to Nantes , a number of academic researchers have based their research on them….

This work is the first complete study of China ’s hukou ( ) system. It traces the system back to its origins, highlighting its specific…