{"title":"Political and Economic Reform","authors":"D. Min","doi":"10.1163/9789004489394_006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004489394_006","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study is three-fold: (1) to demonstrate the widening disparity in telecommunications services access between the eastern coastal and the western inland regions of China; (2) to examine the historical, geographic, and policy reasons for the disparity; and (3) to offer solutions, policy recommendations, and a conceptual framework for universal service provision in western China and in regions with similar features. To accomplish the objective, this dissertation conducted a case study of telecommunications development in China. The findings suggest that despite the rapid development of overall telecommunications capability in China, a widening gap in telecommunications services access exists between the western and the eastern regions of the country. The study also suggests that the gap is a reflection of not only geographical and historical reasons, but more importantly, strategic considerations and national polices. In recent years, a more fundamental problem confronting universal service provision in China has been the incompatibility between the need to provide services to disadvantaged regions.","PeriodicalId":401046,"journal":{"name":"The Romantic Age in Prose","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132628216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Liberty’s Dawn","authors":"","doi":"10.1163/9789004489394_003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004489394_003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":401046,"journal":{"name":"The Romantic Age in Prose","volume":"71 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126195453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Costerus","authors":"","doi":"10.1163/9789004489394_007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004489394_007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":401046,"journal":{"name":"The Romantic Age in Prose","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130330493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}