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Book SynopsisThe annual is a venue of publication for sociological studies of Chinese societies and the Chinese all over the world. The main focus is on social transformations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, Singapore and Chinese overseas.
Table of ContentsFrom the Editor Authors’ Biographies SPECIAL FOCUS: CHINESE CAPITALISMS Guest Editor: Chu Yin-wah Introduction: From Destitute to Xiao Kang (Well-Being), Maybe Da Guo (Great Nation): Explorations of Chinese Capitalisms and Capitalist Actions - Chu Yin-wah Emerging Chinese Capitalism and its Theoretical and Global Significance - Nan Lin The “Spirit” of Capitalism in China: Contemporary Meanings of Weber’s Thought - Ku Chung-hwa Taiwan’s Industrialization: The Rise of a Demand-Responsive Economy - Gary G. Hamilton and Kao Cheng-shu Tai-Shang: A Different Kind of Ethnic Chinese Business in Southeast Asia - Michael Hsiao Hsin-Huang, Kung I-Chung and Wang Hong-zen Entrepreneurship and Risk: The Becoming of the Koo Business Dynasty - Ho Tsai-man C. and Sun Wenbin Articles Family Resources and Educational Stratification: The Case of Hong Kong, 1981-2001 - Wu Xiaogang The Transnational Linkages of Chinese in Toronto - Eric Fong, Cao Xingshan, and Chen Wenhong Rediscovering Chinese Society in the Socialist Era: Using the Past to Serve the Present - Jonathan Unger Book Reviews