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The Chinese triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: comparative
institutional analyses/edited by Alvin Y. So, Nan Lin, and Dudley Poston.
p. cm.—(Contributions in sociology, ISSN 0084-9278 no. 133)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-30869-1 (alk. paper)
1. Social institutions—China. 2. Social institutions—China—Hong Kong. 3. Social
institutions—Taiwan. I. So, Alvin Y., 1953- II. Lin, Nan. III. Poston, Dudley L.,
1940- IV. Series.
HN733.5.C453 2001
306′.0951-dc21 00-052121

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Copyright © 2001 by Alvin Y. So, Nan Lin, Dudley Poston

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-052121

ISBN: 0-313-30869-1

ISSN: 0084-9278

First published in 2001

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