Asian Law

This timely collection presents articles written by Chinese and Western authors on law reform in the People’s Republic of China from its beginning in 1978 until the present day. The first part presents differing perspectives on the histo...

Financial reform has been a major concern for China’s transitional economy – especially in the realms of banking and insurance – since accession to the WTO in 2001. This book scrutinizes the development and limitations of these industrie...

The establishment of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in December 1990 was a landmark in China’s institutional transformation. With this in mind, the authors consider the factors relating to institutional change – such as changes in the finan...