This book examines the changes taking place in China's economy and the impacts of these changes in China and abroad. The central theme is that the rapid economic growth has come at a cost, as many problems have emerged, including a dramatic rich-poor gap, labour issues, problems in the banking sector and severe inflation in the cost of housing.

Chapter 1.Introduction Chapter 2. Rising Labor Costs in China: A Problem or an Opportunity? Chapter 3. Geographic labour mobility, workers and family in China and Australia Chapter 4. The Contradictions of Developmentalism and the Chinese Party-State's Goal of Ethnic Harmony: the case of Xinjiang Chapter 5. Spatial Analysis on the Contribution of Industrial Structural Adjustment to Regional Energy Efficiency: A Case Study of 31 Provinces across China Chapter 6. WTO Accession and Efficiency Gains: Evidence from China's Banking Sector Chapter 7. The Faster Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Influence of Cultural Norms, Customs and Traditions on Venture Capital in China Chapter 8. Inter-generational Transitions of Family Businesses using Private Equity - Lessons for China and Australia from Chinese Family-Owned Enterprises in Singapore Chapter 9. Confucian Principles to Enhance China's Environmental Governance Chapter 10. The contribution of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) towards China's climate change mitigation and sustainable development Chapter 11. Changing Economies for a More Sustainable Future: The Influence of Stakeholders and Environmental Reporting Developments in Transforming Chinese Corporate Practices Chapter 12. Education, Globalisation and Rural Contexts: Learning for Staying, Learning for Leaving or Learning for Choice? Chapter 13. Why Beijing rules the property market - rethinking the role of "five new measures" in regulating the property market under a new era of China's leadership transition Chapter 14. China: Accelerating the Strategic Transformation of Foreign Trade Development Mode Chapter 15. Correlation Analysis of Trade in Services OFDI and Industrial Structure Optimization in China Chapter 16. China: Accelerating the Strategic Transformation of Foreign Trade Development Mode