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A look at the economy, gender, social networks, and the effects of the Chinese diaspora in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong from a systematic institutional approach.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Orgins and Transformation of the Chinese Triangle by Alvin Y. So Economic Institutions From Regional Integration to Export Competition? The Evolution of the Chinese Economic Triangle by Xiangming Chen A Study of Confucian Entrepreneurs in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong by Tak Sing Cheung and Ambrose Y.C. King Local Institutions and Property Rights Transformation: Regional Variations in Chinese Rural Reforms by Chih-Jou Jay Chen Job Stress in the Era of Market Reforms: Manufacturing Workers in Urban Shanghai by Gina Lai Gender Cultural Construction of Labor Politics: Gender, Kinship, and Ethnicity in Shenzhen Workplace by Ngai Pun Of Flesh and Blood: The Human Consequences of Economic Restructuring on Women Workers in Hong Kong by Chi-Kwan Ho Institutions and Networks Constructing Gender Inequality in Manufacturing Factories: The Case of Taiwan's Export Processing by Ray-May Hsung and Esther Ngan-Ling Chow Social Networks Guanxi: A Conceptual Analysis by Nan Lin Between Personal Ties and Organizational Imperative: The Formation of Exchange Networks among Hospitals by Ly-Yun Chang A Comparative Study of Personal Networks in Two Chinese Societies by Danching Ruan Overlapping Networks and Flexible Manufacturing: A Structural Analysis of Hong Kong-Based Garment Industry by Hon-Chu Leung The Chinese Disapora PRC Immigrants in the U.S.: A Demographic Profile and An Assessment of Their Integration in the Chinese-American Community by Fenggang Yang Immigrant Economy in a Pacific Rim Context: Chinese Business in Los Angeles by Yen-Fen Tseng and Yu Zhou Return Migration among Chinese Immigrants in Toronto by Kumiko Shibuya, Eric Fong, Ming-Long Lam, and Clement So Using Census Data to Conceptually Define the Chinese American Population by Dudley L. Poston. Jr., Runlong Huang, and Hong Dan Index

About the Author

Alvin Y. So is professor and head of the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His recent books include Hong Kong's Embattled Democracy and Asia's Environmental Movements. Nan Lin is professor of sociology at Duke University. Tunghai University, Taiwan, received his MA from Syracuse University, and finished his PhD at Michigan State University in 1966. He has published many books and articles. Dudley Poston is Samuel Rhea Gammon professor of liberal arts at Texas A & M University. He was the President of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association. He has published numerous books and articles on Chinese population.

Reviews

[C]ontains useful information and analyses of the topics covered.
*Royal Society for Asian Affairs*

[H]as excellent potential to make ground-breaking theoretical contributions by relating the Chinese experience to both the theoretical debates on social embeddedness and the well-documented processes of regional integration in Europe and North America. . . . [T]his volume is very well conceived and organized. It stands out as one of the most informative, thoughtful and fresh interpretations of the rapid changes in the Chinese economies in the current era of globalization.
*Pacific Affairs*

[O]ffers a rich information and excellent insights about evolving institutions at a time of great societal transformation and, in this way, it is a timely sociological reading on Chinese societies. I recommend Chinese Triangle to students of contemporary Chinese society and culture as a reference for their social research programs and classroom instruction.
*The Journal of Asian Studies*