The development of China’s economy has long been an enigma to Western historians. Did it consist of centuries of stagnation followed by a period of collapse o

First published in 2005. Some of the most important of the world's problems today concern affairs in Asia, and the relations between Asia and the West. To deal

This is the first major study in Chinese business history based largely on business's own records. It focuses on the battle for the cigarette market in early tw