Urban China in the New Era Market Reforms, Current State, and the Ro

This book aims to provide a scholarly account of recent understandings and reflections on some of the prevalent and emerging issues in urban and regional China, such as urbanization, inequality, hukou (household registration) reforms, labor relations, not

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Urban China in the New Era Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward

Urban China in the New Era

Zhiming Cheng • Mark Wang • Junhua Chen Editors

Urban China in the New Era Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward

Editors Zhiming Cheng School of Economics The University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Mark Wang Department of Resource Management and Geography The University of Melbourne Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Junhua Chen School of Management Science and Engineering Central University of Finance and Economics Beijing, China

ISBN 978-3-642-54226-8 ISBN 978-3-642-54227-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-54227-5 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014933957 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

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The Impact of Outward-Oriented Economic Reform on Income Inequality in China: 1978–2007 ............................................ Shao-Wei Lee 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................ 1.2 China’s Outward Orientation Reforms and Performances................. 1.2.1 International Trade ................................................................. 1.2.2 FDI ......