Professor Robert Ash
Professor of Economics with reference to China and Taiwan
Email: ra2@soas.ac.uk
Research Interests
- China’s economic development (especially in the rural sector;
- Macro problems in China and Taiwan;
- Demographic change and employment) in the 20th century;
- Agricultural and rural development;
- The evolution of ‘Greater China’;
- Economic relations in the Asia-Pacific;
- Economic Development of Taiwan.
Selected Publications:
Chapter in books:
2005. 'China's Regional Economies and the Asian Region: Building Interdependent Linkages.', in ed(s) Shambaugh, David Power Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics, pp.tba. University of California Press (USA). ISBN tba.
2000. '"Like Fish Finding Water". Economic Relations between Hong Kong and China.s', in ed(s) eds. R Ash/P Ferdinand/R Porter/B Hook Hong Kong in Transition: The Handover Years., pp.58-78. Macmillan (London and Basingstoke). ISBN 0-333-77267-9.
1997. 'The Grain Issue in China: Domestic and International Perspectives.', in ed(s) eds. Y Kueh/M Brosseau/H-C Kuan China Review 1997, pp.135-160. The Chinese University Press (Hong Kong). ISBN 962-201-774-6.
Journal articles:
1998. 'Land Resources, Environment and Agricultural Production', China Quarterly, No. 156: 836-79.
Conference Contributions:
06/02. Academic Literacies Seminar,Other form of assessable output:
1996. Agricultural Development in China Since 1978,
