The Chinese triangle of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong : comparative institutional analyses / edited by Alvin Y. So, Nan Lin, and Dudley Poston.

"Selection of papers presented at a conference organized by the North American Chinese Sociologists Association (NACSA) in Toronto in August 1997"--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: The Origins and Transformation of the Chinese Triangle / Alvin Y. So -- 2. From Regional Integration to Export Competition? The Evolution of the Chinese Economic Triangle / Xiangming Chen -- 3. A Study of Confucian Entrepreneurs in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong / Tak Sing Cheung and Ambrose Y. C. King -- 4. Local Institutions and Property Rights Transformation: Regional Variations in Chinese Rural Reforms / Chih-Jou Jay Chen -- 5. Job Stress in the Era of Market Reforms: Manufacturing Workers in Urban Shanghai / Gina Lai -- 6. Cultural Construction of Labor Politics: Gender, Kinship, and Ethnicity in a Shenzhen Workplace / Ngai Pun -- 7. Of Flesh and Blood: The Human Consequences of Economic Restructuring on Women Workers in Hong Kong / Chi-Kwan Ho -- 8. Institutions and Networks Constructing Gender Inequality in Manufacturing Factories: The Case of Taiwan's Export Processing and Industrial Zones / Ray-May Hsung and Esther Ngan-Ling Chow -- 9. Guanxi: A Conceptual Analysis / Nan Lin -- 10. Between Personal Ties and Organizational Imperative: The Formation of Exchange Networks among Hospitals / Ly-Yun Chang -- 11. A Comparative Study of Personal Networks in Two Chinese Societies / Danching Ruan -- 12. Overlapping Networks and Flexible Manufacturing: A Structural Analysis of Hong Kong-Based Garment Industry / Hon-Chu Leung -- 13. PCR Immigrants in the United States: A Demographic Profile and an Assessment of Their Integration in the Chinese American Community / Fenggang Yang -- 14. Immigrant Economy in a Pacific Rim Context: Chinese Business in Los Angeles / Yen-Fen Tseng and Yu Zhou -- 15. Return Migration among Chinese Immigrants in Toronto / Kumiko Shibuya, Eric Fong and Ming-Long Lam / [and others] -- 16. Using Census Data to Conceptually Define the Chinese American Population / Dudley Poston, Runlong Huang and Hong Dan.