Fleeting Footsteps:Tracing the Conception of Arithmetic and Algebra in Ancient China(Revised Edition)doi:10.1142/9789812567253_0009Lam Lay YongDepartment of Mathematics, National University of Singapore,SingaporeAng Tian Se
before examining key determinants of China’s improving population health in a socioecological framework. We then explore how China is responding to the care needs of its older population by carrying out a systematic review to
Our results suggest an overall insufficiency and socioeconomic inequalities in PA among Chinese adults in Jiaxing, a typical city experiencing a rapid urbanization in China. There is an urgent need to promote leisure-time activities in this population. 展开 ...
This article examines social stratification in individual health trajectories for multiple cohorts in the context of China’s dramatically changing macro-social environment. Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we find significant socioeconomic status (SES) differences in the me...
Socioeconomic Gradient in Old Age Mortality in Wuhan, China Objectives. The vast majority of studies on socioeconomic status (SES) and old age mortality are based on data derived from developed nations. This research examined the SES differentials in old age mortality in China, a developing natio...
We implemented an Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma Game experiment in one such country with starkly high inequality, China. We split relatively richer and poorer subjects into separate classes and gave only one the authority to punish the other. When rich subjects could unidirectionally punish poor ...
However, the Nu is considered to be the last "virgin" river in China, and many of the proposed dams are located in an environmentally-sensitive area. Moreover, approximately 50,000 people – many of them ethnic minorities – would be forced to resettle by the resulting reservoirs [Yardley,...
The fringe-belt concept, though much studied by urban morphologists in the West, has been largely uninvestigated in the markedly different cultural environments of Eastern Asia. After an outline of the concept and considerations relating to its investigation in China, a fringe-belt study is carried...
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said on Monday that China has played a crucial role in supporting the country's socioeconomic and infrastructure development. Sokhonn, also chairman of the Commission for International Relations of the Cambodian People's Party Central ...
Socioeconomic conditions are important in explaining variation in cardiovascular morbidity in advanced societies. To analyse whether cardiovascular risk factors vary according to socioeconomic status in a developing country, and more specifically, in an urban area of China, we compared data from structured...