Beginning in the late 1970s, China's economy delivered the largest growth spurt in recorded
history. Striking discontinuity between recent outcomes and the economic experience of the …

This article places Xi Jinping's accumulation of personal power and top-down crusade
against bureaucratic corruption in broader historical perspective. His moves are a response …

We show that early-life experience of social violence exerts a lasting influence on CEO's risk-
taking attitudes, in the context of their corporate acquisition decisions. Utilizing the Cultural …

During the Cold War, Switzerland functioned as a hub for Chinese propaganda networks.
Focusing on cultural diplomacy and questioning the notion of soft power, this book explores …

Land lies in the center of China's political economy. Over the past four decades, local
governments there consolidate control over urban land supply, aggressively push forward …

Living in a country that has gone through major changes within half a century, those who
were born before 1949 have witnessed China suffering from decades of warfare, struggling …

If Marxists are right, why did Mao's China witness a prevalence of precarious labour? If
mainstream modernization theorists are right, why has post-Mao China seen a growth of …

The Cultural Revolution in China initiated by Mao and his supporters was carried out by
party cadres and the Red Army in a revolutionary manner from above and ended with Mao's …

Beginning in the late 1970s, China's economy delivered the largest growth spurt in recorded
history. Striking discontinuity between recent outcomes and the economic experience of the …

In this paper we have examined inequality of opportunity in health among aging population
in China and India drawing from Roemer's distinction of inequality due to circumstances …