China's WTO accession and its impact on Hong Kong-Guangdong cooperation

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China's World Trade Organization accession emphasizes constructive aspects of the Guangdong Province and Hong Kong economies that will maximize new business opportunities. The positive development of the Hong Kong-Guangdong economic relationship and its contribution to China's trade liberalization and integration with the world economy, trade and business environment is discussed.

International economic relations, Hong Kong, Membership, Chinese foreign relations, World Trade Organization, Commercial treaties, Trade agreements, Guangdong, China, Trade policy

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Persistent inequalities in funding for rural schooling in contemporary China

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Regional inequality in educational spending in China is highlighted with particular focus on the effect of reforms instituted from 1994 and the recentralization of rural spending on education from 2001. These measures have had a positive impact on the urban rural gap in non-salary spending but there has been no significant reduction in the gap itself.

Federal aid to education, Government aid to education, Government finance, Educational aspects, Rural schools

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Development and change in rural Tibet: problems and adaptions

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The extent to which China's economic reforms have an impact on the rural farmers in Tibet is observed. It is seen that Beijing's overall development policy in Tibet does not benefit the Tibetans but benefits the Chinese instead.

Evaluation, Influence, Tibet, Farmers, Economic reform

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