Conflicts between the industrialized countries ("the West") and East and Southeast Asia on questions like democratization, human rights and value concepts increased in the last decade. This is due to the processes of globalization, especially after the end of the East-West conflict. A relatively...

Existing scholarship regards the collusion between the Chinese government and the private sector as 'informal' and a series of 'economic alliances', without considering the private sector's institutionalized participation in the process of government policy formulation. This article takes an...

Preface -- Notes on the text -- Maps -- A list of China’s ethnic groups (with English and Chinese names) -- Multicultural China: A Brief View -- Macroeconomic Conditions -- Population and Labor Force -- Employment and Wages -- People’s Livelihood -- Social Production and Rural Economy --...