Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- : basic institutions of the Chinese societies -- The Chinese society in pre-reform China -- The institutional changes in post-reform China -- Socioeconomic changes in the Chinese societies -- Chinese family and kinship : yesterday and today -- Chinese women...

"This book seeks to understand the simultaneous economic and political contributors to China's changing agricultural protection levels and the central government's choice of policy instruments to tax or assist farmers. It theoretically explores the motivation behind agricultural trade-related...

General introduction / LU Xueyi HU Jianguo, YAN Ye XIE Zhengzhong -- The cause of people's welfare, well-being and livelihood / ZHAO Weihua -- Social undertakings / YANG Guihong -- Income distribution / LI Alin -- Urban and rural communities / ZHOU Yan -- Social organizations / CAO Feilian --...

Examines the political and conceptual metamorphosis of China's oil industry from self-reliance to internationalization. Japan's role in stimulating the development of the China's oil industry will also be highlighted as the Japanese government and its business sectors emerged as a supplier of...