CHINA'S NEW SOCIAL POLICY<br> Initiatives for a Harmonious Society

CHINA'S NEW SOCIAL POLICY
Initiatives for a Harmonious Society

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
Introduction Litao Zhao and Tin Seng Lim	1
Economic Reform, Social Policy and Political Transition in China Yongnian Zheng	11
Towards Central Planning or Regulated Marketization? China Debates on the Direction of New Healthcare Reforms Xin Gu	23
Direct Provider Subsidies vs Social Health Insurance: A Compromise Proposal Åke Blomqvist and Jiwei Qian	41
China's Higher Education: Growth and Problems Litao Zhao and Sixin Sheng	73
China's New Public Housing Policy: The Case of Xiamen Ruobing Liang	93
Land Market Development in China's Central-Local Relations Fubing Su	119
A Long Way to Go Green: Rethinking China's Environmental Policy, Laws and Governance Gang Chen	141
China's Looming Water Crisis: Is Beijing Struggling to Overcome It? Mu Yang and Siow Song Teng	165
The Tainted Milk Formula Incident: Another Hard Lesson for China Litao Zhao and Tin Seng Lim	195
A Pivot for Change: The Potential Role of the Haigui in Addressing China's Social Problems Mu Yang and Soon Heng Tan	211
BACK MATTER	225
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