Rural elections in China originated from grassroots initiatives by farmers, distinguishing them from election models in other Asian countries. These elections were developed independently before receiving official recognition from the government, highlighting a unique interplay between local empowerment and state acknowledgment.
Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Preferred Choice Award Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medal Winner of Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2015 Silver Medal
The book studies intensifiers and reflexive pronouns between two languages (English and Mandarin Chinese). It provides the full use of self, zìjĭ and běnrén and is the first book that uses contrastive study to talk about intensifiers and reflexive pronouns. It is based on the most distinctive research of the latest 30 years in the linguistic field.
An Exploration of The Guangcai Programme
This book explores the mechanisms and significance of China’s private economy participating in poverty alleviation. By basing its analysis on theories of development economics and public economics, the book stresses practical significance and abandons unreasonable assumptions. It uses a systematic set of statistical analysis tools and descriptive statistics to provide a multidimensional and highly visual format. Beyond the traditional qualitative comparison of countries, it also introduces quantitative comparison. Considering the increasing concern and curiosity about China’s booming economy and rising private sector, the book is highly topical, offering readers theoretical insights into China’s poverty alleviation mechanisms and essential information on the role played by the private economy in social and economic development.