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Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005 (2014)
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Morgan, S. L. (2014). Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005. China Quarterly, 220, https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574101400112X

Economic growth over the past three decades has greatly improved the nutrition and living standards of people in China. However, increasingly, the Chinese are becoming heavier. As many as a quarter of Chinese school-age urban boys are overweight or o... Read More about Growing fat on reform: obesity and nutritional disparities among China's children, 1979–2005.

China scholars and the media: improving an awkward, important relationship (2014)
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Sullivan, J. (2014). China scholars and the media: improving an awkward, important relationship. China Quarterly, 220, 1111-1122. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741014001477

Public interest in China, as reflected in the level of media attention, is burgeoning in the West and elsewhere in the world. This interest is driven by China's increasing presence and importance in the lives of people around the world; and for the s... Read More about China scholars and the media: improving an awkward, important relationship.

Managing China's energy sector: between the market and the state (2014)
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Lai, H., & Warner, M. (2014). Managing China's energy sector: between the market and the state. Asia Pacific Business Review, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2014.939887

As China has now become the largest energy consumer in the world, its energy sector has understandably huge domestic and global implications. In this Special Issue, which is an interdisciplinary one, comprising a set of eight in-depth empirical studi... Read More about Managing China's energy sector: between the market and the state.

Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis (2014)
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Appleton, S., Song, L., & Xia, Q. (2014). Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis. World Development, 62, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.04.005

This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China from 1988 to 2008 by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition, finding sharp increases in inequality largely due to changes in the wage... Read More about Understanding urban wage inequality in China 1988–2008: evidence from quantile analysis.

What determine firms’ capital structure in China? (2014)
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Chen, J., Jiang, C., & Lin, Y. (2014). What determine firms’ capital structure in China?. Managerial Finance, 40(10), https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-06-2013-0163

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of capital structure using a cross-section sample of 1,481 non-financial firms listed on the Chinese stock exchanges in 2011. Design/methodology/approach: Employing four leverage... Read More about What determine firms’ capital structure in China?.

Financial liberalisation and international market interdependence: evidence from China’s stock market in the post-WTO accession period (2014)
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He, H., Chen, S., Yao, S., & Ou, J. (2014). Financial liberalisation and international market interdependence: evidence from China’s stock market in the post-WTO accession period. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2014.09.005

This paper studies China’s stock market with respect to financial liberalization and international market interdependence after its accession to the WTO in 2001. Using the multi-factor R-squared measure, we derive a normalized index to measure the im... Read More about Financial liberalisation and international market interdependence: evidence from China’s stock market in the post-WTO accession period.

The gravity of China's African export promise (2014)
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Johnston, L. A., Morgan, S. L., & Wang, Y. (2014). The gravity of China's African export promise. World Economy, 38(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12229

Africa’s largest trade partner, China, criticised for exchanging resources for manufactures, has promised to increase imports and optimise the structure of trade with Africa. Using a gravity model of China’s imports for the years 1995- 2009, we explo... Read More about The gravity of China's African export promise.

Rationale of internationalization of China's national oil companies: seeking natural resources, strategic assets or sectoral specialization? (2014)
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Lai, H., O'Hara, S., & Wysoczanska, K. (2015). Rationale of internationalization of China's national oil companies: seeking natural resources, strategic assets or sectoral specialization?. Asia Pacific Business Review, 21(1), 77-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2014.939896

The bulk of the existing literature emphasized that China's companies sought strategic assets (technology, brands and access to markets) through internationalization in order to overcome latecomers' comparative disadvantage, while some studies sugges... Read More about Rationale of internationalization of China's national oil companies: seeking natural resources, strategic assets or sectoral specialization?.

Seafarer training and rural development in China: a survey report (2014)
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Wu, B., Robinson, B., Chen, A., & Li, P. (2014). Seafarer training and rural development in China: a survey report. China, 12(2), https://doi.org/10.1353/chn.2014.0010

So far, most studies of the relationship between migration and development in rural China pay attention to rural-urban migration. As a consequence, less is known about international labour migration and access to it by sending communities. This pheno... Read More about Seafarer training and rural development in China: a survey report.

Transformation of China’s energy sector: trends and challenges (2014)
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Lai, H., & Warner, M. (2014). Transformation of China’s energy sector: trends and challenges. Asia Pacific Business Review, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2014.939900

The conclusions presented here sum up the contributions in the Special Issue regarding the managing of China's energy sector, particularly regarding the demand and profile of energy as well as the marketization of the sector. Strategic, organizationa... Read More about Transformation of China’s energy sector: trends and challenges.

Cartoons and collaboration in wartime China: the mobilization of Chinese cartoonists under Japanese occupation (2014)
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Taylor, J. E. (2015). Cartoons and collaboration in wartime China: the mobilization of Chinese cartoonists under Japanese occupation. Modern China, 41(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0097700414538386

The work of Chinese cartoonists who published their illustrations in the popular press in occupied China from 1937 to 1945 has largely escaped the attention of scholars of both the occupation itself and the broader field of cartoon history. This arti... Read More about Cartoons and collaboration in wartime China: the mobilization of Chinese cartoonists under Japanese occupation.

Learning a lesson from Taiwan? A comparison of changes and continuity of labour policies in Taiwan and China (2014)
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Lee, C. (2014). Learning a lesson from Taiwan? A comparison of changes and continuity of labour policies in Taiwan and China. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43(3),

This paper argues that the comparison of labour policies in Taiwan and China has an important bearing on the interaction between state and society. The fact that labour policies have changed over time illustrates a process of bargaining between the s... Read More about Learning a lesson from Taiwan? A comparison of changes and continuity of labour policies in Taiwan and China.

Examining "The end of revolution": a foretaste of Wang Hui’s thought (2014)
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Horesh, N., & Sullivan, J. (2014). Examining "The end of revolution": a foretaste of Wang Hui’s thought. China Report, 50(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0009445514523647

Wang Hui is a significant contemporary Chinese thinker and a key representative of Chinese New Left thought. This article provides a critical review of some of the themes that emerge from Wang’s The End of Revolution as a means of situating his posit... Read More about Examining "The end of revolution": a foretaste of Wang Hui’s thought.

Technology, creativity and the media in engineering China’s future (2014)
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Sullivan, J. (2014). Technology, creativity and the media in engineering China’s future. New Media and Society, 16(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444813519408

Political, economic and intellectual elites in China have for some time been in the grip of ‘futurology’ as they reflect on thirty years’ of extraordinary economic development and ask ‘what next’? China has a dream, in fact it has many visions of wha... Read More about Technology, creativity and the media in engineering China’s future.

Inequality, human capital, and innovation: China's remaining big problems (2014)
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Wu, D., Wu, Z., Wang, J., & Zhao, Z. (2014). Inequality, human capital, and innovation: China's remaining big problems. International Journal of Economics and Business Modeling, 5(1),

The purpose of this paper is to analyse China’s current problems in inequality and compensation of employees, and their impact on human capital accumulation and innovation, which is one of key factors influencing the sustainable economic growth in Ch... Read More about Inequality, human capital, and innovation: China's remaining big problems.

The universal values of science and China’s Nobel Prize pursuit (2014)
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Cao, C. (2014). The universal values of science and China’s Nobel Prize pursuit. Minerva, 52(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-014-9249-y

China does not seem to believe the existence of universally acknowledged values in science and fails to promote the observation of such values that also should be applied to every member of the scientific community and at all times. Or, there is a se... Read More about The universal values of science and China’s Nobel Prize pursuit.

Housing development and urbanisation in China (2014)
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Yao, S., Luo, D., & Wang, J. (2014). Housing development and urbanisation in China. World Economy, 37(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12105

Rapid urbanisation and rising income have led to a strong demand for housing in urban China. However, housing development has been distorted by speculation, income inequality and lack of government support for low-cost houses. In recent years, house... Read More about Housing development and urbanisation in China.

Has China displaced the outward investments of OECD countries? (2014)
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Yao, S., & Wang, P. (2014). Has China displaced the outward investments of OECD countries?. China Economic Review, 28, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2013.11.002

As China has rapidly emerged as one of the world's largest investors abroad, there has been a hectic debate in the literature on whether its emergence as a major foreign investor may have undermined the importance of western industrialised economies,... Read More about Has China displaced the outward investments of OECD countries?.