Table of contents
Issues of China's rural development and policies
Xiwen ChenChina's economic and social structure are changing quickly since the start of the new century and how to balance the urban‐rural development has become a key point of the further…
Market liberalization and crop planting decision: a case of China
Suwen Pan, Jaime Malaga, Xiurong HeThe paper aims to measure the effects of market liberalization on Chinese farmers' crop planting decisions.
Achieving food security in China: past three decades and beyond
Zhangyue ZhouThe paper aims to review and assess China's food security practice over the past three decades with a view of drawing implications for further improving its food security in the…
The role of the state in making a national market: The evolution of the grain market in China (1978‐2000)
Wubiao ZhouThe paper aims to examine Karl Polanyi's view of market evolution in the context of the emergence of a national grain market in China's transition economy.
Grassland degradation and livelihoods in China's western pastoral region: A framework for understanding and refining China's recent policy responses
Scott Waldron, Colin Brown, John LongworthChina has embarked on a major concerted strategy to arrest grassland degradation and livelihood problems in the western pastoral region. The paper aims to provide a framework…
Health and growth: causality through education
Rui Huang, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, E. Wesley F. PetersonThe paper aims to theoretically and empirically investigate the impact on human capital investment decisions and income growth of lowered life expectancy as a result of HIV/AIDS…
The diminishing influences of agricultural output changes on general price changes in China
Xiaoyun Liu, Wanchun Luo, Xuefeng Mao, Xiuqing Wang, Xian XinThe paper aims to assess the impact of agricultural output changes on the general price level over time with China as an example.
China's dairy markets: trends, disparities, and implications for trade
Qingbin Wang, Robert Parsons, Guangxuan ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to review the growth and regional disparities of China's dairy market since 1980, examine urban consumer demand for three major dairy products (fluid…
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1756-137Xe-ISSN:
1756-1388ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Fu Qin
- Dr Jikun Huang
- Dr Kevin Z Chen
- Dr Weiming Tian
- Prof Daniel Sumner
- Prof Xian Xin
- Prof Holly Wang