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China Development Research Foundation is one the leading economic think tanks in China, providing a base where many leading Chinese economists have developed the details of Chinese economic reform. This book is the second of a series which makes available to an English-speaking audience the work of the individual Chinese economists who were the architects of reform. The series provides an inside view of China's economic reform, revealing the thinking of the reformers themselves, unlike many other books on China's economic reform which are written by outside observers. Guo Shuqing has made major contributions to the thinking underlying China's economic reforms and to the practical implementation of several of those reforms.

This thesis explores the motivation behind China's policy on international students. It seeks to explain why China forms a policy without clear benefits for Chinese people. Using the concept of instrumentalist and organizational realist approaches, the thesis is centered on political competition and political pursuit to analyze the documents of China's international education policy. The main findings of this thesis expound that the ruling class makes China's policy on international students an instrument of achieving political goal. The thesis indicates that the policy is not in the best interest of the public and the public have not effectively participated the process of policymaking. It argues that China expects that some of the international students would become the leaderships of their home countries and establish friendly relationships with China in the future. The policy made by the central government suggests China's ambition to vie with western powers; whereas the policymakers from provincial governments and universities attempt to pursue higher political positions. The thesis shows that as the ruling class in China, the Chinese Communist Party used the state as an instrument for pursuing their own interests.

Chapter 1. Wetland Functions and Ecosystem Services: Implications for Wetland Restoration and -- Part I. Wetland functions and ecosystem services -- Chapter 2. Wetlands as Biogeochemical Hotspots affecting Water Quality in Catchments -- Chapter 3. Wetland effects on global climate: Mechanisms, impacts, and management recommendations -- Chapter 4. Wetlands regulate climate via evapotranspiration -- Part II. Wetland mechanisms, threats, conservation and management -- Chapter 5. Invasive plants in Coastal Wetlands: Patterns and Mechanisms -- Chapter 6. Tidal Forested Wetlands: Mechanisms, Threats, and Management Tools -- Chapter 7. National actions and international frameworks for the conservation and wise use of tidal flats and other coastal wetlands in the Yellow Sea -- Part III. Ecological Restoration of Wetlands -- Chapter 8. Wetlands restoration in China – Principles, technology and practice -- Chapter 9. Case Studies of Ecological Restoration and Conservation Strategies for Marshes and Peatlands -- Chapter 10. Building Resiliency to Changing Conditions in Wetland Management and Restoration -- Chapter 11. Overview and synthesis