Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (ix, 253 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	306/.0951
Altri autori (Persone)	FriedmanEdward <1937-> GilleyBruce <1966->
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4039-7829-8 9786611363765 1-281-36376-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Two passages to modernity / Bruce Gilley -- The causes of differential development: beyond regime dichotomies / Joydeep Mukherji -- Chasing China: can India bridge the gap? / Subramanian Swamy -- India's reform strengths / James Manor -- The persistence of informal finance / Kellee S. Tsai -- The political basis of decentralization / Assema Sinha -- Indigenous versus foreign business models / Yasheng Huang and Tarun Khanna -- Why democracy matters / Edward Friedman -- China rethinks India / Huang Jinxin -- Development and choice / Tony Saich.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449774303321

Autore	Yue Yuan
Pubbl/distr/stampa	China : , : Paths International Ltd : , : Social Sciences Academic Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (159 p.)
Disciplina	305.0951
Collana	Life in China
Soggetto topico	Creative ability - Economic aspects - China
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-84464-402-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; About Yuan Yue; About Zhang Jun; Have a Look at Yourself in the Past; First Foreword to the Chinese Edition; Second Foreword to the Chinese Edition; Table of Contents; Chapter One: The Tightly Wound Up Lives of Chinese; Popular fast-food meals; Super-busy express delivery services; In-your-face trendiness; The work day which never ends; Women who are afraid to become mothers; The elderly who never retire; Health: Neglecting it on one side, buying health products on the other; Chapter Two: The Chinese Struggle for Success Struggling for success in another place away from homeThe floating population in the cities; The changing capital in the job market; Migrant labor workers: I want to disappear into the city; Staying at home when everyone else is moving; The moving elderly: the falling leaves which can't find their roots; Autos: Adding color to the struggle for success; After the struggle: please give me some peace!; Chapter Three: The Chinese Who Can't Wait; Education should start early, the early years fade quickly; Buying a home: starting at graduation Retirement: The dream which begins when they start their careerInvesting: Accelerated joy and worry; Chapter Four: The Chinese Who Take Down Barriers; The Relationship Between the Sexes: From Clearly Defined Roles to Complementary Roles; Love and marriage have become a game; Home responsibilities: From each having his/her own responsibility, to fighting together shoulder to shoulder; Power in the household: No big or small; From the old taking care of the young to the young who are never weaned; From having a child to care for one's own old age, to society taking care of the old The workplace: Time is a butcher's knifeMutant literature; Chapter Five: The Chinese Who Stay within Their Confines; Always choosing a "human companion"; Old wine in a new bottle, the search for a marriage partner never ends; Marriage assets enter the contract age; For a couple, anything can be discussed; From one-child policy to planning a family; From several generations in one home, to the distance of a bowl of soup; Work is finding the right battlefield; Chapter Six: The Chinese in Full Bloom; When online purchases become a habit; Consumer credit: Enjoying life earlier Shanzhai: A shortcut between classesConsuming fractured time: boredom brings business opportunities; Vacation consumerism: Taking the heart to enjoy the scenery; The rise of the new consumers: COM; Chapter Seven: The Chinese Trapped in the Internet; In the Internet, we are all Spiderman; The blurred line between the virtual world and reality; Games on the Internet: Mixing reality and fantasy; The information moat becomes a highway; The diseased ones are us, not the Internet; Afterword: Using Details to Show the Change in Living, Using Data to Reflect the Changes Horizon Research Consultancy Group
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910460172703321

Autore	Helle Horst Jürgen
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (174 pages) : digital file(s)
Disciplina	306.0951
Collana	Studies in critical social sciences
ISBN	9789004330603 9004330607 9789004298200 9004298207
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Foreword: a fascination with China / by David Fasenfest -- Preface -- Introduction: the goal of this book -- Familism : a threat to the environment -- Exchanges of threats : the opium wars -- China and the US : a balance of power? -- Religions: core components of cultures -- Religious vitality in contemporary China -- Max Weber's view of religion in China -- Daoism : China's native religion -- Oracle-bones : the mandate of heaven -- Confucius : recapture the lost splendor -- The West : individualism at its limits -- China : the kinship society -- China : a threatening promise to the West.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910169176203321

Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (42 p.)
Disciplina	301.2
Soggetto topico	Women - China
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-60780-330-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458361403321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	338.9
Altri autori (Persone)	BrackenGregory
Collana	IIAS publications
Soggetto topico	Urbanization - China
ISBN	9781283698238 1283698234 9789048513062 9048513065
Classificazione	ZH 4962
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Aspects of urbanization in China / Gregory Bracken -- ; t Towards an understanding of architectural iconicity in global perspective / Leslie Sklair -- Shanghai and the 2010 Expo / Jacob Dreyer -- Guangzhou's special path to global city status / Xiangmin Guo and Changtao Liu -- Repairing the rural-urban continuum / Ana M. Moya Pellitero -- Revisiting Hong Kong / Tsung-yi Michelle Huang -- Sensual, but no clue of politics / Lena Scheen -- Urbanization and housing / Non Arkaraprasertkul -- It makes a village / Jonathan D. Solomon.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910141280403321