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Intro -- Preface -- Organization of This Book -- A List of 56 Ethnic Groups in China -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Population Growth and Structural Change -- 2: Macroeconomic Growth and Structural Change -- 3: Employment and Income Distribution -- 4: Living Conditions and the Means of Livelihood -- 5: Agricultural Production and Other Rural Activity -- 6: Education, Science and Technological Progress -- 7: Health Care and Social Security -- 8: Entertainment and Other Cultural Activity -- Appendix A: A Brief Description of China's 56 Ethnic Groups -- Achang -- Bai -- Baonan -- Blang -- Bouyei -- Dai -- Daur -- Deang -- Derung -- Dong -- Dongxiang -- Ewenki -- Gaoshan -- Gelao -- Han -- Hani -- Hezhen -- Hui -- Jing -- Jingpo -- Jino -- Kazak -- Kirgiz -- Korean -- Lahu -- Lhoba -- Li -- Lisu -- Manchu -- Maonan -- Miao -- Monba -- Mongol -- Mulao -- Naxi -- Nu -- Oroqen -- Pumi -- Qiang -- Russian -- Salar -- She -- Shui -- Tajik -- Tatar -- Tibetan -- Tu -- Tujia -- Uyghur -- Uzbek -- Va -- Xibe -- Yao -- Yi -- Yugur -- Zhuang -- Appendix B: China's Ethnic Populations by Province -- Appendix C: China's Ethnic Minority Autonomous Areas: General Background -- Appendix D: China's Ethnic Minority Autonomous Areas: Principal Statistical Indicators -- Appendix E: China's Spatial (Dis)integration as a Multiethnic Paradox -- Introduction -- Analytical Framework -- Literature Review -- The Model -- The Data -- The Estimation Results -- Policy and Analytical Implications -- Annex: Names and Demographic Distributions of China's 56 Ethnic Groups -- References.

Preface -- Members of International Editorial Committee -- Project Coordinator -- A List of 56 Ethnic Groups in China -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Organization of this Book -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: Population Growth and Structural Change -- 2: Macroeconomic Growth and Structural Change -- 3: Employment and Income Distribution -- 4: Living Conditions and the Means of Livelihood -- 5: Agricultural Production and Other Rural Activity -- 6: Education, Science and Technological Progress -- 7: Health Care and Social Security -- 8: Entertainment and Other Cultural Activity -- Appendix 1. A Brief Description of China's 56 Ethnic Groups -- Achang -- Bai -- Baonan -- Blang -- Bouyei -- Dai -- Daur -- Deang -- Derung -- Dong -- Dongxiang -- Ewenki -- Gaoshan -- Gelao -- Han -- Hani -- Hezhen -- Hui -- Jing -- Jingpo -- Jino -- Kazak -- Kirgiz -- Korean -- Lahu -- Lhoba -- Li -- Lisu -- Manchu -- Maonan -- Miao -- Monba -- Mongol -- Mulao -- Naxi -- Nu -- Oroqen -- Pumi -- Qiang -- Russian -- Salar -- She -- Shui -- Tajik -- Tatar -- Tibetan -- Tu -- Tujia -- Uyghur -- Uzbek -- Va -- Xibe -- Yao -- Yi -- Yugur -- Zhuang -- Appendix 2. China's Ethnic Populations by Province -- Appendix 3. China's Ethnic Minority Autonomous Areas: General Background -- Appendix 4. China's Ethnic Minority Autonomous Areas: Principal Statistical Indicators -- Notes on the Text -- Index

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Scenarios -- Hypotheses -- References -- Part I: The Paradoxes of Humans, Civilizations and Nations -- Chapter 2: Culture as an Anti-Darwinian Process -- "Mr. Tortoise, We Shall Race!" -- Human Weakness and Complexity -- Humans' First Voice: "Let's Do It Together!" -- Following the Footsteps of the Sages -- Lucretius, Poggio, and Sima Qian -- References -- Chapter 3: Good Environment, Bad Environment -- Old World, New World -- Fleeing Amazonia: A Hard Choice -- Norte Chico: "I'm Ugly but I'm Very Gentle!" -- Why All the Indigenous Cultures Failed -- A New World Hypothesis -- References -- Chapter 4: Living in the Lands Threatened -- Incheon, Korea: "Go! Go! Go!" -- Comparing South Korea and Taiwan -- East and West German Reunification: 1 + 1 = ? -- In Search of a New Growth Theory -- Are All External Threats Helpful? -- References -- Chapter 5: Are There Any Optimal Strategies for Nations? -- Friend Nation, Enemy Nation -- Enemy's Enemy as Friend -- Enemy, Threat, and Incentives -- Evidence from International Data -- Seeking the Thresholds of Strategies -- Appendix: Instability and Threat Scores, by Country -- References -- Part II: Cultural Cyclicity and the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations -- Chapter 6: Civilization as a Cyclical Human Process -- Why Humans Believe in Astrology? -- Rivers, Cyclical Floods, and Civilizations -- How the Cyclical Phenomena Matter -- Cycles Research and Civilizations -- Policy Implications -- References -- Chapter 7: China: Short Cycles, Long Cycles -- Origin of the Nation -- The King Is Dead, Long Live the King! -- Size, Border, and Dynastic Life Span -- Focusing on the 1820-1970 Cycle -- China in 2100: Three Scenarios -- Appendix: China's Major Dynasties: Selected Indicators -- References

A Brief History of Tibet -- Chinese-style Development in Tibet: Narrative -- Tibetan Unrest and the Dalai Lama: Narrative -- Determinants of Spatial (Dis)integration: Analytics -- Going Back to Tibet: Analytic Narrative -- Ethnic Autonomy and Tibet: Policy Options -- Epilogue: Center versus Peripheries -- References.

This book is intended to provide the narratives and analytics of China's spatial (dis)integration. Indeed, the Chinese nation is far too large and spatially complicated and diversified to be misinterpreted. The only feasible approach to analyzing it is, therefore, to divide it into smaller geographical elements through which one can have a better insight into the spatial mechanisms and regional characteristics. Provides a combination of narratives and analytical narrativesIncludes annexes which evaluate provincial and interprovincial panel data and information collected and compiled by the a

This book presents a new approach to management in an increasingly interactive world. In this context, the use of the word ℓ́ℓnewℓ́ℓ has two meanings. The first relates to a new definition of borders (which are natural, institutional, functional, or mixed); the second concerns the fact that the book applies (and, where necessary, develops) analytical tools, methods and models that are different from those used in other similar books. The objectives of this book are: to clarify whether existing management theories and methods can be effectively applied in an entity (which can be defined as a sovereign country, a region, a community, a culture, or a firm) as the latter increasingly interacts with the rest of the world; to develop qualitative and quantitative methods to help leaders make optimal decisions for their entity and, at the same time, to maximize the positive (or minimize the negative) effects of those decisions on the rest of the world; and to design workable cross-border cooperation plans and conflict-management schemes that allow policy-makers to better cope with the challenges and problems posed by our increasingly interactive world.

Introduction 1. - 1. Boundary, Territory, and War 5. - 2. Territorial Disputes: From Dormancy to Activation 38. - 3. Options for Territorial-Dispute Settlements 85. - 4. Engaging in Settlement Negotiations 131. - 5. The Art of Avoiding War 163. - Epilogue 178

Although the majority of China's population is of the Han nationality (which accounts for more than 90% of China's population), the non-Han ethnic groups have a population of more than 100 million. Until now, China has officially identified, except for other unknown ethnic groups and foreigners with Chinese citizenship, 56 ethnic groups. In addition, ethnic groups vary widely in size. With a population of more than 15 million, the Zhuang have the largest ethnic minority, and the Lhoba, with only two thousand or more, the smallest. China's ethnic diversity has resulted in a special socioeconomic landscape of China itself. This book develops a complete socioeconomic picture and a detailed and comparable set of data for each of China's ethnic groups. There have not been any precise data on China's socioeconomic statistics from multi-ethnic dimension. The only official data released can be found in China Ethnic Statistical Yearbook (released by the State Commission of Ethnic Affairs (SCEA) of the People's Republic of China since 1994). However, as this Yearbook has only reported the socioeconomic statistics for the minority-based autonomous areas, a complete set of China's multi-ethnic data cannot be derived from it. This book provides a broad collection of data on China's 56 ethnic groups and profiles the demography, cultural, economy, and business climates for each of China's diverse ethnic groups