This thesis investigates several selected environmental issues in China from an economic perspective. It consists of … of air pollution. Chapter 2 analyses the potential application of desalination in China from an economic perspective …. Concerned with water shortage in China, the study aims to assess the potential of desalination as a viable alternate water …

to evaluate the genetic variation in soybean within and among China, S. Korea, and Japan by means of 120 accessions from … within China is much larger than that within Japan or S. Korea, but smaller than that between China and Japan or S. Korea …. Cluster and principal component analyses almost completely separated the accessions from China from those of Japan and S …

The impact of China's new rural income support policy and recent price trends on grain production and rural income … for many other villages and regions in China. Simulation results show that the income support policy does not reach its …

studies carried out in theUS, Japan and South Korea which offer a cross-nationalreview of the performance of dual-function DPV …

Japan and South Korea during the period from November 2000 through March 2002 were due to increased competition from rival …

past conflicts (i.e. war, economic, political, etc.) between Japan and China. …

Japan, Korea, and China, while at the same time illuminating the mechanism that has driven the narrowing in the productivity … is very small for Japanese firms. While the within-industry ranking of TFP levels hardly changes in the case of Japan … are approaching those of the national frontier firms at a more rapid pace than in Japan. …

at the height of their heavy and chemical industrialization during the 19th-to-the early 20th century. Japan too followed … suit in its drive to build up heavy industry and secure resources abroad. Most recently, China has entered such a growth …

, China and inflation, unemployment and placement responsibility, Japan and lifetime employment, placement as a marketing job …