Asia’s trading and financial hubs have become global cities which frequently have more in common and closer linkages with each other than with their corresponding hinterlands. As this book expounds, these global cities illustrate to what extent world trends deeply penetrate and permeate...

This paper analyzes the foreign trade gap between 36 countries and regions and the role China played from 1978 to 2007. The study finds that the absolute gap among those countries increases but the relative gap decreases, the gap between the developing and the developed decreases, the...

<DIV>In this volume, distinguished Chinese and Western scholars provide a detailed examination of the problems associated with China's transition to a market-oriented system. A variety of reform proposals, aimed at resolving the contradictions inherent in piecemeal reform, are discussed along with...</div>

A surface-modified carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which shows an excellent electron field emission property was obtained in the present work. Conventional screen-printing technology was applied to prepare the CNT films. After hydrogen plasma surface treating process, the morphology of nanotubes...

As the demand for organic and natural food grows in the U.S., studies show that consumers would and do pay more for these foods than their traditional counterparts. However, the question remains as to whether consumers really understand the differences between organic and natural products versus...

This paper analyzes the foreign trade gap between 36 countries and regions and the role China plays from 1978 to 2007. The paper finds that the absolute gap among those countries increase, but the relative gap decrease, the gap between the developing and the developed decrease, the...

“Buying local†has become one of the most important trends in food marketing. Despite widespread public attention, the influence of the “local†attribute on food prices is not well understood. We aim to begin to fill this gap in research by exploring the presence of a price...