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Growing Beyond the Low-Cost Advantage

How the People's Republic of China can Avoid the Middle-Income Trap

By: Juzhong Zhuang,Paul Vandenberg,Yiping Huang

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Growing Beyond the Low-Cost Advantage

How the People's Republic of China can Avoid the Middle-Income Trap

By: Juzhong Zhuang,Paul Vandenberg,Yiping Huang

The economic success of the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the last three decades has brought with it new challenges. With a per capita gross national income of $4,930 in 2011, the PRC has just passed the threshold of upper-middle-income status and it still has a long way to go before becoming a high-income country. But with rising wages and population aging, growth will have to be increasingly driven by productivity improvement through innovation and industrial upgrading---the PRC needs to move from a lowcost to a high-value economy. Moreover, rapid growth has exposed several structural problems, in particular, economic imbalances, rising inequality, resource constraints, and environmental degradation. If not addressed, these problems could hinder PRC's efforts in moving toward a high-value economy and increase the risk of getting caught in what is increasingly known as the "middle-income trap.

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222

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Asian Development Bank

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9290928832

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9789290928836

Hydrogen Generation, Storage and Utilization

By: Jin Zhong Zhang,Jinghong Li,Yat Li,Yiping Zhao

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Hydrogen Generation, Storage and Utilization

By: Jin Zhong Zhang,Jinghong Li,Yat Li,Yiping Zhao

The potential use of hydrogen as a clean and renewable fuel resource has generated significant attention in recent years, especially given the rapidly increasing demand for energy sources and the dwindling availability of fossil fuels. Hydrogen is an “ideal fuel” in several ways. Its only byproduct of consumption is water; it is the most abundant element in the universe; and it is available at low cost. Hydrogen generation is possible via a number of possible chemical processes, to separate the hydrogen from its bond with atoms such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. In this book, the authors provide the scientific foundations for established and innovative methods of hydrogen extraction; outline solutions for its storage; and illustrate its applications in the fields of petroleum, chemical, metallurgical, physics, and manufacturing. Addresses the three fundamental aspects of hydrogen as a fuel resource: generation, storage, and utilization Provides theoretical basis for the chemical processes required for hydrogen generation, including solar, photoelectrochemical, thermochemical, and fermentation methods Discusses storage of hydrogen based on metal hydrides, hydrocarbons, high pressure compression, and cryogenics Examines the applications of hydrogen utilization in the fields of petroleum, chemical, metallurgical, physics, and manufacturing Contains over 90 figures, including 27 color figures

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John Wiley & Sons

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111814063X

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9781118140635

A Thematic Exploration of Twentieth-Century Western Literature

By: Jiang Chengyong,Wu Yuesu,Shi Yongxia,Gao Maohua,Wang Yiping

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A Thematic Exploration of Twentieth-Century Western Literature

By: Jiang Chengyong,Wu Yuesu,Shi Yongxia,Gao Maohua,Wang Yiping

The twentieth century witnessed dramatic changes in terms of the structure of society, economics, politics, science, and technology, driving a change in Western literature from traditional to modern: old value systems were shattered; writing approaches and aesthetics changed; writers began to explore the psychological world and expand the discussion of humankind and modern civilization. This title takes classic literature by European and American authors of the twentieth century as research objects in order to comprehensively explore their thoughts, values, aesthetics, and narratives. Six major themes are used as units for analysis—existential meaning, self-identity, war and human nature, growing confusion, love and marriage, and anti-utopia. The authors argue that the six themes extend the themes of traditional literature and epitomize the unique characteristics of twentieth-century Western literature. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of literature, especially Western literature and twentieth-century literature.

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210

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Routledge

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1000514811

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9781000514810

Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China

By: Yiping Li,Lixiao Ni,Yong Guo,Xu Zhao,Yue Dong,Yu Cheng

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Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China

By: Yiping Li,Lixiao Ni,Yong Guo,Xu Zhao,Yue Dong,Yu Cheng

This book mainly provides the current status of water pollution faced by China under rapid changing environment and the actions that have been taken for prevention and treatment of water pollution. It points out that the water pollution situation is severe. Facing water pollution, China’s experiences include several aspects on source control and pollution interception, internal nutrient removal of sediment, ecological restoration, and water transfer policy. There exists both the opportunity and challenge for the prevention and control of water pollution in China. The book contains numerous charts and diagrams which further illustrating China’s paths to clean water.

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104

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Springer Nature

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9811900914

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9789811900914

Agricultural Reform in China

Getting Institutions Right

By: Yiping Huang

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Agricultural Reform in China

Getting Institutions Right

By: Yiping Huang

Chinese agriculture has experienced some radical changes over the past twenty years. Following the successful introduction of the household production system in the early 1980s, difficulties were encountered in establishing a unified domestic agricultural market in the later 1980s and 1990s. Through a comprehensive analysis of the changes in the Chinese agricultural institutions between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s, this study attempts to provide some answers to the main questions presently facing the agricultural sector. It focuses on the key elements of the pre-reform agricultural institutions, reviews the ways these institutions were refashioned and assesses the resulting changes in agricultural development. The implications of different policy choices are carefully considered with the assistance of a computable general equilibrium model. The author argues that China should push forward with its market-oriented reform measures and introduce the rigours of international competition into the agricultural sector.

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243

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Cambridge University Press

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0521620554

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9780521620550

Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice

An Introduction to GIS

By: Yiping Fang,Vivek Shandas,Eugenio Arriaga Cordero

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Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice

An Introduction to GIS

By: Yiping Fang,Vivek Shandas,Eugenio Arriaga Cordero

The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate its possible applications. GIS may not be necessary (or useful) for every planning application, and we anticipate these readings to provide the necessary foundation for discerning its appropriate use. Therefore, this textbook attempts to facilitate spatial thinking focusing more on open-ended planning questions, which require judgment and exploration, while developing the analytical capacity for understanding a variety of local and regional planning challenges. While this textbook provides the background for understanding the concepts in GIS as applicable to urban and regional planning, it is best when accompanied by a hands-on tutorial, which will enable readers to develop an in-depth understanding of the specific planning applications of GIS. Chapters in this text book are either composed by the editors using Creative Common materials, or linked to a book chapter scanned copy in the library reserve. In the end of each chapter, we also provided several discussion questions, together with contextual applications through some web links.

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1312778989

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9781312778986

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Growing Beyond the Low-Cost Advantage

Growing Beyond the Low-Cost Advantage

Hydrogen Generation, Storage and Utilization

Hydrogen Generation, Storage and Utilization

A Thematic Exploration of Twentieth-Century Western Literature

A Thematic Exploration of Twentieth-Century Western Literature

Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China

Paths to Clean Water Under Rapid Changing Environment in China

Agricultural Reform in China

Agricultural Reform in China

Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice

Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice

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