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List of Maps and Illustrations |
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China's Three Revolutions: Achievements and Setbacks |
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A century of Dramatic change |
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2 | (4) |
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Policy oscillations; from shou to fang |
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6 | (5) |
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The Maoist legacy: moving the mountains |
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11 | (6) |
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China's third revolution: Deng Transforms the dream |
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17 | (6) |
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Reforming the Public Sector |
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23 | (30) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (5) |
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`Grasp the big, forget the small' |
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30 | (4) |
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Coping with excess labour |
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34 | (6) |
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Increased management powers a myth? |
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40 | (8) |
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48 | (5) |
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Case Study: The Steel Industry |
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53 | (23) |
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The rise of the steel industry in China |
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54 | (4) |
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Pressures for change: global, national, local |
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58 | (3) |
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Transforming the steel industry: the drive for efficiency |
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61 | (9) |
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The costs of change: economic, social, political |
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70 | (6) |
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76 | (22) |
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Legacies of uneven development |
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77 | (2) |
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Growing regional disparities |
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79 | (10) |
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The implications of regionalism: Greater China, Smaller Chinas |
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89 | (9) |
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Bridging the Gap in Rural Areas |
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98 | (22) |
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Ending the embarrassment of low living standards |
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98 | (4) |
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102 | (7) |
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Changing the direction of poverty relief |
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109 | (3) |
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The contribution of township enterprises |
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112 | (4) |
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Moving development inland |
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116 | (4) |
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The Ethnic Minorities Equation |
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120 | (28) |
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120 | (4) |
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Stimulating economic development |
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124 | (4) |
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128 | (5) |
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133 | (15) |
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148 | (26) |
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People on the move: the rapid pace of urbanisation |
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148 | (3) |
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Transformation of the built environment: the concretisation of the earth |
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151 | (5) |
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Social, economic and political issues |
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156 | (15) |
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The costs of change: the changing sense of place |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (23) |
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The need for housing reform |
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174 | (3) |
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Housing reform in practice |
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177 | (5) |
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Problems with low-cost housing |
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182 | (2) |
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Weakness of the mortgage system |
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184 | (1) |
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Problems with malpractice |
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185 | (3) |
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Construction quality questioned |
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188 | (4) |
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One step forward, two steps back |
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192 | (5) |
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Environmental Deterioration: Can the Environment Recover? |
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197 | (27) |
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Conflicting legacies: from harmony to control |
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197 | (3) |
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Evidence for the scale of China's environmental problems |
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200 | (13) |
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What has already been done: policies and exemplars |
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213 | (7) |
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What needs to be done: can the market provide? |
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220 | (4) |
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224 | (30) |
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China's strengths and opportunities |
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224 | (5) |
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China's weaknesses and threats: internal/external |
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229 | (20) |
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Alternative futures; towards a post-Communist society? |
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249 | (5) |
| References |
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254 | (12) |
| Bibliography |
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266 | (9) |
| Index |
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