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Li, Minqi | China: hyper-development and environmental crisis | China's spectacular economic growth has been one of the most dramatic developments in the global economy over the past quarter century. Between 1978 and 2004 the Chinese economy expanded at an annual rate of 9.4 per cent. No other large economy has ever grown so rapidly for so long in the economic h... | China; Economic growth; Environmental impacts | 2007 |
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Li, Minqi | China: six years after Tiananmen | Six years ago, immediately after the democratic movement was repressed in China, almost all Chinese liberal intellectuals and Western observers predicted that, without "political reform," "economic reform" would fail in China. Despite their warnings, tens of billions of dollars have continued to po... | China; Economic reform; Political reform | 1996 |
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Li, Minqi | Dialogue on the future of China | Three Chinese scholars speak to the question: How do you think the June 4th movement of 1989 will be remembered-----as another May 4th 1919, the threshold of a period of general political awakening and turbulence, or instead as a Chinese version of 1848 or 1968 in Europe: a last spontaneous explosio... | China; Politics; Social conditions | 1999 |
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Wei, Yehua | Restructuring industrial districts, scaling up regional development: a study of the Wenzhou Model, China | The Wenzhou Municipality in Zhejiang Province is spearheading China's marketization and development of private enterprises. Its successful development trajectory, centered on family-owned small businesses embedded in thick local institutions, resembles Marshallian industrial districts (MIDs). Howeve... | China; Marshallian industrial district, regional lock-in; Wenzhou Model, China | 2007-09-24 |
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Li, Minqi | Rise of China and the demise of the capitalist world-economy: exploring the historical possibilities in the 21st century | China's rising importance in the capitalist world economy raises questions of world-historic significance. How is China's internal social structure likely to evolve as China assumes different positions in the existing world system? Will China's current regime of accumulation survive the potential pr... | World economy; China; Economic development | 2005 |
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Zimmer, Zachary | Shifts in coresidence among the oldest-old in China: comparing decedents and survivors | What we know about transitions in coresidence of older adults in China is based upon panel data involving survivors. This paper examines the tendency to shift and determinants of shifts in coresidence with adult children among very old, comparing survivors of an inter-survey period with deceden... | Elderly; China; Living arrangements; Co-residence status; Mortality; End of life | 2008-12-30 |
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Zimmer, Zachary | Urban versus rural mortality among older adults in China | Urban versus rural place of residence has proven to be a critical health determinant over time and across countries. Several studies have demonstrated an urban advantage in mortality in China. This variation by place of residence could be a function of differences in characteristics of individuals, ... | Urban mortality; Rural mortality; China | 2006 |