As China emerges as a global powerhouse, this timely book examines its economic past and the shaping of its financial institutions. The first comparative study of foreign banking in prewar China, the book surveys the impact of British overseas bank notes on China's economy before the outbreak of...

This article utilizes the local banknote circulation volumes of HSBC, the largest foreign bank in China, as a gauge with which to explore political stability and state-building during the Republican era (1912-1935). It will challenge the prevailing view that British banks faced little resistance...

With China replacing the United States as the world's leading energy user and net oil importer, its relations with the Middle East is becoming a major issue with global implications. Horesh and his contributors set out to analyse the implications of China's growing presence in the Middle East

Introduction / Niv Horesh 1. - 1 Sino-American Crosscurrents in the Middle East: Perceptions and Realities / Yitzhak Shichor 5. - 2 An Alternative Partner to the West? China's Growing Relations with Turkey / Zan Tao 19. - 3 A New Eurasian Embrace: Turkey Pivots East While China Marches West /...