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On the Spot in China: Thirty Years of Change 《中国的现场:三十年的变迁

Provincial China Pub Date : 2010-09-02 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V2I1.1669

David Goodman

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Shanghai Studies: An Analysis of Principal Trends in the Field 上海研究:该领域主要趋势分析

Provincial China Pub Date : 2010-09-02 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V2I1.1667

N. Horesh

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County Governance and the Promotion of Social Development in a Mixed Economy 混合经济条件下县治与促进社会发展

Provincial China Pub Date : 2010-09-02 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V2I1.1666

Beatriz Carrillo

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Butterfingers: Resculpting Religion at a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Butterfingers:在藏传佛教寺院再造宗教

Provincial China Pub Date : 2010-09-02 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V2I1.1665

Susette Cooke

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The Yiwu Model of China’s Exhibition Economy 中国会展经济的义乌模式

Provincial China Pub Date : 2010-09-02 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V2I1.1668

Guo Mu

引用次数: 10

Political Mobility of County Leaders in China: The Case of Jiangsu 中国县委领导的政治流动性:以江苏为例

Provincial China Pub Date : 2009-09-10 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V1I2.1260

Bo Zhiyue

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Location Is (Not) Everything: Re-Assessing Shanghai’s Rise, 1840s -1860s 地理位置(不是)决定一切:重新评估上海的崛起，19世纪40年代至60年代

Provincial China Pub Date : 2009-09-10 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V1I2.1259

N. Horesh

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The Emergence and Development of Social Assistance in Beijing 北京市社会救助的产生与发展

Provincial China Pub Date : 2009-09-10 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V1I2.1256

Joe C. B. Leung, Yuebin Xu

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Poverty, Parental Ill Health and Children's Access to Schooling in Rural Gansu, China. 中国甘肃农村贫困、父母健康状况与儿童受教育机会

Provincial China Pub Date : 2009-09-01

Emily Hannum, Tanja Sargent, Shengchao Yu

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Poverty, Parental Ill Health and Children's Access to Schooling in Rural Gansu, China. 中国甘肃农村贫困、父母健康状况与儿童受教育机会

Provincial China Pub Date : 2009-09-01 DOI: 10.5130/PC.V1I2.1257

E. Hannum, T. Sargent, Shengchao Yu

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