Garden of grand vision: economic life in a flophouse complex Harbin, China 1940

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This article discusses life in a flophouse in the Chinese slums of Harbin during 1940 when Japan had political control. The author, maintaining Japanese police portrayed the flophouse as a place of disorder and immorality, argues the residents, consisting of drug addicts, prostitutes, and gamblers who had fallen on hard times, created and participated in a sophisticated underground economy.

Drug addicts, Drug abusers, Prostitutes, Gamblers, Lodging-houses, Rooming houses

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The politics of conceptualizing corruption in reform China

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This article examines the social, political, and scholarly debate over the sources of corruption in China. Topics include a brief definition of corruption as well as an analysis of the relationship between culture, ethics, economics and power.

Competition (Economics), Ethical aspects, Political corruption, Ethics, Political ethics, Power (Social sciences), Political power

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The quasi-criminalization of a business sector in China: deconstructing the construction-sector syndrome

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This article discusses the relationship between corruption, organized crime, and faulty construction of public bridges and buildings. Topics include bribery, fraud, and economic transformation.

Construction industry, Public works, Finance, Statistics, Fraud, Corruption investigation, Organized crime, Public safety crimes, Offenses against public safety

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