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Abstract/Sommario: Increasing economic liberalization of the Chinese media has not resulted in proportional political liberalization, and previous explanations for the state's puzzling firm grip are inadequate. The article argues that a "regime of uncertainty" is critical toward keeping the Chinese media in line

Abstract/Sommario: The paper examines a recent debate at the highest level of China's politico-legal leadership on the application of the death penality. The debate centers around the interpretation of a new criminal justice policy, called " balancing leniecy and severity" and around limiting the death penality to all but the most egregious criminals. The number of people being executed in the People's Republic of China each year is thought to be up to 10,000

Abstract/Sommario: Rural Tibet is in the throes of a major paradigm shift from a predominantly subsistence agricultural economy to a new mixed economy in which non-farm income plays a dominant role. The paper examines this change, comparing longitudinal data collected through direct fieldwork in rural Tibet in 1997-98 and 2006-07

Abstract/Sommario: The influx of Russian entertainers and sex workers to South Korea exemplifies complex intersections of cultural and economic factors that fuel international migration of women. The article discusses the role of race and nationalism in constructing the ideal type of Western women that serves as a new commodity frontier. Paralleling the rapid economic development of the 1970s and 1980s, the sex and nightlife industry in Korea visibly exploded in every major city and began to spread rapid ...; [Leggi tutto...] The influx of Russian entertainers and sex workers to South Korea exemplifies complex intersections of cultural and economic factors that fuel international migration of women. The article discusses the role of race and nationalism in constructing the ideal type of Western women that serves as a new commodity frontier. Paralleling the rapid economic development of the 1970s and 1980s, the sex and nightlife industry in Korea visibly exploded in every major city and began to spread rapidly into rural areas. This activity constitute 4,1% of gross domestic product