This working paper focuses on an aspect of governance that is crucial to the next phase of China’s development: reducing state monopolies…
Drawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, the contributors to this volume aim to advance the…
Drawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, the contributors to this volume aim to advance the…
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In the last half a century, Singapore has gone through truly astonishing transformations. It has now arguably come of age as a First World…
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Despite near-universal opposition to North Korea's moves to acquire nuclear weapons, Pyongyang is determined to succeed. It is only a…
“This is the final book in the Plum Flower Trilogy. The two previous books, The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005 and …
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