Foreign devils, finance and informal empire: Britain and China c. 1900-1912

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The interests and operations of two of the largest Peking-registered companies, the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company and the Peking Syndicate, and their relationship with the Foreign Office are scrutinized. The scrutiny reveals a picture, in which, the crosscutting cosmopolitan interests subsumed under 'the City' pulled in different directions at different times.

Author: Phimister, Ian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2006
United Kingdom, China, Financial Services, Finance and Insurance, DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS, Financial services industry, International aspects, Chinese history, Foreign offices, Foreign offices (Government agencies), British history, 1900 AD

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Mongolia in 2005: Sharing power, dealing with corruption

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Mongolian politics, in 2005, was dominated by struggles to fence off the 'grand coalition' government from the vicissitudes of turbulent parliamentary politics, while citizens were ever more vocal in their demands to check the spread to corruption. Agriculture lost ground to mining as a contributor to gross domestic product (GDP).

Author: Tuya, Nyamosor
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 2006
Forecasts, trends, outlooks, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION--CROPS, Agricultural industry, Economic aspects, Forecasts and trends, Political aspects, Gross domestic product, Market trend/market analysis, Political corruption

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Mongolia in 2004: Testing politics and economics

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In Mongolia, the year 2004 was marked by contested parliamentary elections and a rebounding economy. During the elections, the country successfully demonstrated its commitment to pluralistic democracy and the challenges before the new government is to ensure that economic growth reduces persistent poverty.

Author: Tuya, Nyamosor
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 2005
Elections, Contested elections, Parliamentary government

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Subjects list: Mining industry, Mineral industry, Mongolia
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