When Chinese Nationalists retreated from the mainland to Taiwan in 1949-50, they governed a people barely recovered from the Japanese occupation and Pacific War. Wartime damage to factories, plants and buildings had not been repaired and food was barely sufficient to feed an increasing...

Introduction -- Onshore oil and gas resource development -- Oil and gas development in the outer continental shelf -- Representing the interests of industry -- Representing the interests of the land -- How institutions matter: oil and gas regulatory regimes -- National energy policies and big...

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