Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Authors; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Structure of this Book; Chapter 2: Histories in Parallel; Sir Robert Hart -- an Irishman in China; A Common Rural Background; A Similar Colonial Past; The Experience of Emigration; Chapter 3:...

In order to forecast the effect of climate warming on agriculture, ENWATBAL model was used to simulate evapotranspiration of winter wheat due to the change of air temperature and precipitation in the coming decades. The effect of climate warming on winter wheat yield in the future decades was...

This paper examines the impact of political connections on corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As) behavior using data from companies listed in Chinese equity markets during the period 1998 to 2010. Our empirical results indicate that firms with political connections have a greater probability...