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Big business as vanguard: social welfare expansion in China 大企业是先锋：中国的社会福利扩张

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-023-00014-0

Hao Chen

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Chen, Zhaoyuan. (2023). Investing in state capacity: FDI structure and state building in the developing countries. Shanghai People's Publishing House Chen, Zhaoyuan.(2023).投资于国家能力：发展中国家的外国直接投资结构与国家建设》。上海人民出版社。

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-023-00013-1

Liu Luxin

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Zhang, Changdong. (2021). Governing and ruling: the political logic of taxation in China. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press Zhang, Changdong.(2021).治理与统治：中国税收的政治逻辑》。Ann Arbor：密歇根大学出版社。

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2023-04-17 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-023-00012-2

Guangming Jiang

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A recent regulatory storm in China: theoretical interpretation and applicability 中国近期的监管风暴：理论解读与适用性

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2023-03-20 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-023-00011-3

Youyi Zhang, Sen Gong

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China’s emergence and development challenges that China faces in Central Asia 中国的崛起和中国在中亚面临的发展挑战

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-022-00005-7

Chi Zhang

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Ma, Xiao. (2022). Localized bargaining: the political economy of China's high-speed railway program. Oxford University Press Ma, Xiao.(2022).本土化谈判：中国高速铁路项目的政治经济学》。牛津大学出版社。

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-12-05 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-022-00006-6

Zhihao Wang

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The third way of inclusive growth in China 中国包容性增长的第三条道路

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-022-00007-5

Yu Zheng

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The third wave of China’s open door policy 中国开放政策的第三次浪潮

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-022-00008-4

Yongnian Zheng, Jie Li

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Who benefits? Global supply chains and the regional comprehensive economic partnership 谁会受益？全球供应链和区域全面经济伙伴关系

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-022-00009-3

Xiaojun Li

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Wang, Zhengyi. (2018). Peripheral development theory: world-systems and the development of Southeast Asia. Shanghai People's Publishing House Wang, Zhengyi.(2018).周边发展理论：世界体系与东南亚发展》。上海人民出版社

Asian Review of Political Economy Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.1007/s44216-022-00004-8

Chengqian Liu

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