at globalization from 1500, China was increasingly in retreat; during the surge of globalization in the 19th century …, China was an almost insignificant push-toy of the European powers; and in the current situation China may be characterized … highly differential significance of China for these various phases of globalization is an arresting example for my hypothesis …

We analyze Engel curves for nuclear households in rural China. The sample includes more than 5000 nuclear families …

alliances -- A son who refused to return to China -- Parent's deaths and children's dispersal …"From the Sino-Japanese War to the Communist Revolution, the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the … stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache of letters from one of China's most prominent and influential …

transformation of the Pearl River Delta mega-urban region in China. Looking at the megacities Guangzhou and Shenzhen, it analyzes the …