Agrarian transition, process tracing, and institutions -- Collective land, the household responsibility system and the Chinese agrarian transition -- Smallholder frustration, peasant differentiation and the devaluation of land -- The role of township and county administrations in the Chinese...

This co-edited book focuses on China's increasing engagement with many of the less developed countries-particularly those in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East-and explores the current and future trends in Beijing's foreign relations