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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818776303321

Titolo

Sustainable reform and development in post-Olympic China / / edited by Shujie Yao. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-89387-3

1-283-03861-7

9786613038616

0-203-84076-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; ; 40

Altri autori (Persone)

YaoShujie

Disciplina

338.951/07

Soggetti

Sustainable development - China

China Economic policy 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Development of the Chinese private sector over the past 30 years: Retrospect and prospect; 2 Cost-profit efficiency and governance effects of commercial banks in China 1995-2005; 3 Regional inequalities in China: A non- monetary view; 4 Low-carbon China: The role of international collaboration; 5 Effects of policy measures on energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions in China's road transport sector; 6 Social networks, innovation and the development of industrial clusters in China

7 Globalization and the seafarers supply in China8 China's diaspora and returnees: The impact on China's globalization process; 9 Corporate social responsibility in China's largest transnational corporations; 10 Nationalism versus democracy: China's bloggers and the Western media; Index

Sommario/riassunto

After thirty years of economic reform, China has reached a crossroads in its development process, and faces many challenges in the use of natural resources, the living environment, and the economic, social and political systems. The sustainability of China's reform and development is even more salient in the face of the global financial crisis and



economic recession. Taking the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as an iconic turning-point, the book explores key themes such as economic reform and sustainability, innovation and sustainability, globalisation and social development, and analyses the