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The Challenge of Making Cities Liveable in East Asia

Product Description: The rate of urbanisation will accelerate in the years ahead. The massive influx of people to cities will result in the demand for more services, expending more resources and generating more waste. The forces of globalisation and better connectivity will hasten this urbanisation process...read more

By John Wong (editor)

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9789813109735 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, August 13, 2016, cover price $96.00 | About this edition: The rate of urbanisation will accelerate in the years ahead.

Global Trade in the Nineteenth Century: The House of Houqua and the Canton System

Product Description: In this engaging new study, John Wong examines the Canton trade networks that helped to shape the modern world through the lens of the prominent Chinese merchant Houqua, whose trading network and financial connections stretched from China to India, America and Britain...read more

By John Wong

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9781107150669 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 31, 2016, cover price $99.99 | About this edition: In this engaging new study, John Wong examines the Canton trade networks that helped to shape the modern world through the lens of the prominent Chinese merchant Houqua, whose trading network and financial connections stretched from China to India, America and Britain.

Zhu Rongji and China's Economic Take-off

By John Wong

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9781783268825 | Imperial College Pr, March 28, 2016, cover price $85.00

The Political Economy of Deng's Nanxun: Breakthrough in China's Reform and Development

Product Description: This volume is about the political economy of Deng Xiaoping's Nanxun (tour of South China), which was the most critical phase in China's reform and development since 1978. The first round of Deng's reform resulted in high growth through the 1980s...read more

By John Wong

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9789814578387 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, February 24, 2014, cover price $78.00 | About this edition: This volume is about the political economy of Deng Xiaoping's Nanxun (tour of South China), which was the most critical phase in China's reform and development since 1978.

Goh Keng Swee on China: Selected Essays

Product Description: Touted as one of the main engineers of Singapore's economic growth, Dr Goh's collection of writings and speeches seek to shed light on the various challenges that China faced in the early 90s. His arguments and analyses were presented clearly and concisely while being firmly established upon economic principles...read more

By John Wong (editor)

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9789814407236 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, December 19, 2012, cover price $38.00 | About this edition: Touted as one of the main engineers of Singapore's economic growth, Dr Goh's collection of writings and speeches seek to shed light on the various challenges that China faced in the early 90s.

Apec and the Rise of China

Product Description: Intra-regional trade has been rising rapidly, especially after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. China's economy is expanding rapidly, and has already passed Japan in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy. It is clearly producing a huge impact on the world economy, and particularly on ASEAN countries...read more

By John Wong (editor)

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9789814329408 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, April 30, 2011, cover price $96.00 | About this edition: Intra-regional trade has been rising rapidly, especially after China's accession to the WTO in 2001.

Survival Guide to Acute Medicine

Product Description: This handbook is designed to aid the management of acute medical emergencies as an easy reference source. It represents the collective wisdom from the Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, and should provide practical help in most medical emergencies.

By Tan Chorh Chuan (editor), Lee Kang Hoe (editor) and John Wong (editor)

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9789971692209 | Coronet Books Inc, August 1, 1998, cover price $29.50 | About this edition: This handbook is designed to aid the management of acute medical emergencies as an easy reference source.

China's Surging Economy: Adjusting for More Balanced Development

Product Description: The Chinese economy today is at a critical crossroads. Sustained rapid growth has given rise to structural strains as well as sectoral imbalances. It has also generated socio-economic problems such as rising income inequality, rural discontent and environmental degradation...read more

By Wei Liu (editor) and John Wong (editor)

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9789812706270 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, June 15, 2007, cover price $119.00 | About this edition: The Chinese economy today is at a critical crossroads.

Interpreting China's Development

By Wang Gungwu (editor) and John Wong (editor)

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9789812708021 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, June 4, 2007, cover price $125.00

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9789812708069 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, June 4, 2007, cover price $74.00

Digby: A Remarkable Life

Product Description: This monograph chronicles the life of an eminent pioneer of surgery, K.H. Digby, the important milestones in his professional life and the hardship he faced to fulfill his dreams.

By Julia L. Y. Chan, N. G. Patil and John Wong (foreword by)

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9789622098008 | 1 edition (Hong Kong Univ Pr, March 31, 2007), cover price $28.00 | About this edition: This monograph chronicles the life of an eminent pioneer of surgery, K.

Southeast Asian Studies in China

Product Description: This book, a project of the ASEAN-China Study Programme of ISEAS, is designed to promote a better understanding between the people of the two regions as China continues to exert a dominant political and economic presence in Southeast Asia...read more

By Saw Swee Hock (editor) and John Wong (editor)

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9789812304049 | Inst of Southeast Asian Studies, November 28, 2006, cover price $49.90 | About this edition: This book, a project of the ASEAN-China Study Programme of ISEAS, is designed to promote a better understanding between the people of the two regions as China continues to exert a dominant political and economic presence in Southeast Asia.

China into the Hu-wen Era: Policy Initiatives And Challenges

Product Description: This volume is an updated survey and assessment of the recent policy initiatives of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, which have come to be known as the Hu-Wen's New Deal. Individual chapters are written by scholars from different academic disciplines and backgrounds...read more

By Lai Hongyi (editor) and John Wong (editor)

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9789812567321 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, November 22, 2006, cover price $180.00 | About this edition: This volume is an updated survey and assessment of the recent policy initiatives of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, which have come to be known as the Hu-Wen's New Deal.

China-Asean Relations: Economic And Legal Dimensions

By Stathis Efstathios E. Michaelides, Huaqun Zeng (editor) and Keyuan Zou (editor)

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9789812566577 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, April 24, 2006, cover price $136.00

Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Product Description: This invaluable book provides a comprehensive treatment of the design and applications of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). SOAs are important components for optical communication systems with applications as in-line amplifiers and as functional devices in evolving optical networks...read more

By Qiang Wang and John Wong (editor)

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9789812563972 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, March 15, 2006, cover price $148.00 | About this edition: This invaluable book provides a comprehensive treatment of the design and applications of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA).

The SARS Epidemic: Challenges To China's Crisis Management

Product Description: In the first half of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) struck China (including Hong Kong), causing panic and claiming many lives. The unknown nature of SARS at that time also jolted the economic growth of China and Hong Kong, disrupted the social life of their citizens and created much stress and strain for their political systems and governance...read more

By John Wong (editor) and Zheng Yongnian (editor)

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9789812389480 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, August 15, 2004, cover price $114.00 | About this edition: In the first half of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) struck China (including Hong Kong), causing panic and claiming many lives.

China's Politics and Economy in 2003: Meeting the Post-Congress Challenges

Product Description: An exploration of China's politics and economy in 2003. With the new team of Chinese leaders at the helm following the successful hosting of the 16th Party Congress in November 2002, the attention of China's scholars has now shifted to the raft of challenges that await the new leadership...read more

By Liang Fook Lye, John Wong and Zheng Yongnian

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9789812383969 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, June 1, 2003, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: An exploration of China's politics and economy in 2003.

China's Post Jiang Leadership Succession: Problems and Perspectives

Product Description: The lack of institutionalization around China's leadership succession was brought into focus again in the run-up to the 16th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and the widespread speculation on the final leadership line-up. The essays in this volume take a more analytical approach...read more

By John Wong (editor) and Zheng Yong Nian

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9789812381873 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2003, cover price $87.00 | About this edition: The lack of institutionalization around China's leadership succession was brought into focus again in the run-up to the 16th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and the widespread speculation on the final leadership line-up.

China's Economy into the New Century: Structural Issues and Problems

Product Description: In the last two decades of the 20th century, China stood out as the world's star performer in economic growth, thanks to the market-oriented reform that started in 1978. At the turn of the century, the Chinese economy faces a series of challenges to sustain its growth and stability...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Lu Ding, Ding Lu and John Wong

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9789810247881 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, September 1, 2002, cover price $87.00 | About this edition: In the last two decades of the 20th century, China stood out as the world's star performer in economic growth, thanks to the market-oriented reform that started in 1978.

The Nanxun Legacy and China's Development in the Post-Deng Era

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By John Wong (editor), Zheng Yongnian (editor) and Yongnian Zheng (editor)

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9789971692469 | Singapore Univ Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $130.00

China's Emerging New Economy: The Internet and E-Commerce

Product Description: The new economy has hit China, driven by the Internet and e-commerce. China has made a good start in both areas. However, the rapid growth of the sectors is constrained by factors such as a small base of registered users, high costs of using the Internet, government control of information access, and a lack of an effective distribution network and financial linkage...read more

By Nah Seok Ling, Seok Ling Nah and John Wong

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9789810244958 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, January 1, 2001, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: The new economy has hit China, driven by the Internet and e-commerce.

State and Local Government Public/Private Partnership

By W. Bartley Hildreth and John Wong

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9781558273191 | Sheshunoff & Co, July 1, 2000, cover price $335.00

The Waning of the JiangTZhu Coalition?: China After the 2000 National People's Congress

Product Description: With mounting discontent due to widespread unemployment, corruption and misgovernment, the Ninth National People's Congress in March 2000 was a letdown. Significant though was Premier Zhu Rongji's announcement at the Congress of the leadership's decision to go west...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Wong and Zheng Yongnian

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9789810243609 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, June 1, 2000, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: With mounting discontent due to widespread unemployment, corruption and misgovernment, the Ninth National People's Congress in March 2000 was a letdown.

Sino-Us Trade Accord and China's Accession to the World Trade Organization

Product Description: The Sino-US trade accord signed in November 1999 in Beijing set a milestone for China's protracted journey towards becoming a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). China hailed it as a win-win deal. The trade accord showed the commitment of the Chinese government to further transform China into a market economy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Luo Qi, John Wong and Mai Yinhua

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9789810242916 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, April 1, 2000, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: The Sino-US trade accord signed in November 1999 in Beijing set a milestone for China's protracted journey towards becoming a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

China's Politics and Economy in 1999: Coping With Crises

Product Description: The Jiang Zemin leadership faced both internal disturbance and external threat in 1999. What with the worst growth record in a decade, the Falun Gong's sect siege of Zhongnanhai, NATO's bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, and Lee Teng-hui's new "two-state" theory, the Chinese leadership was under tremendous pressure throughout the year...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Wong and Zheng Yongnian

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9789810243029 | World Scientific Pub Co Inc, April 1, 2000, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: The Jiang Zemin leadership faced both internal disturbance and external threat in 1999.

Hong Kong in China: The Challenges of Transition

Product Description: The dramatic handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997, amid much tension and speculation, closes one significant colonial chapter in Asia. At the same time, it also sets the stage for new political and economic possibilities with China closely involved with a key financial center in Asia...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Wang Gungwu (editor), Gungwu Wang (editor) and John Wong (editor)

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9789812101488 | Marshall Cavendish Intl, December 1, 1999, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: The dramatic handover of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997, amid much tension and speculation, closes one significant colonial chapter in Asia.

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