The article studies the relation between social welfare development and economic
development in China and Hong Kong. It is found that social welfare in these two economies …

This article addresses the general situation of social problems in China by highlighting the
role of state policy and development strategy. It argues that an adequate understanding of …

The purpose of this paper is to explore the∞ public burden±characterization of welfare in
two very different economic and cultural settings. Long familiar in the West, its causes …

In the 1970s, as the now compact, mature economies in East and Southeast Asia were
industrializing, their governments had claimed that they saw no need for the kind of welfare …

Introduction China took the first bold step in the march of its economic reform in 1979 in the
rural areas-a step which affected 80 percent of the Chinese population. The introduction of …

The acceleration of economic reform in the early and late 1990s has highlighted repeatedly
the importance of social welfare for maintaining economic growth, social stability and …

The main object of this dissertation is to examine major political factors which have defined
the pattern of social welfare development in Japan and to clarify how these factors structure …

The future development of social welfare in Hong Kong is hard to predict. On 1 July 1997,
the colony was transformed into a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's …

China has experienced dramatic social and economic changes following its adoption of an
open-door policy and reforming the economy since 1978. Although Chinese leaders still …

The status of social development in China in the second half of the 1990s is very much a
joint product of three decades of China's brand of'actually existing socialism', on the one …