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Developing China's West A Critical Path to Balanced National Development Contents List of Illustrations ...................................................................................... vii Preface .......................................................................................................... xv Abbreviations .............................................................................................. xix 1. Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 Y. M. Yeung Part I: Macro Regional Perspectives 2. Historical Legacy and Future Challenges ................................................27 Li Xiaojian, Y. M. Yeung and Qiao Jiajun 3. Geographical Background and Sustainable Development ...........................................................................................51 Niu Wenyuan and David Y. Q. Chen 4. Western Development Policy: Changes, Effects and Evaluation ................................................................................................79 Fan Jie 5. Infrastructure and the New Economy ......................................................107 Y M. Yeung, Jin Fengjun and Zeng Guang 6. Education and Skill Training ..................................................................133 Shi Peijun, Liu Xuemin and Yang Mingchuan 7. Resource Mobilization ..............................................................................153 Mao Hanying and Zhang Li 8. Urban and Regional Development ..........................................................177 Gu Chaolin, Shen Jianfa and Yu Taofang 9. Population Distribution and Growth .......................................................213 Shen Jianfa and Wang Guixin vi Contents Part II: Individual Profiles Northwest 10. Xinjiang ............................................................................................... 251 Chau Kwai-cheong 11. Gansu .................................................................................................. 277 Fang Chuanglin and Gary M. C. Shiu 12. Qinghai ............................................................................................... 303 Li Tongsheng and Liu Xiaoming 13. Ningxia ............................................................................................... 329 Hu Xia 14. Shaanxi ............................................................................................... 351 Zhao Rong and Zheng Guo 15. Inner Mongolia .................................................................................. 373 Wang Jing'ai and Yang Mingchuan Southwest 16. Sichuan ................................................................................................ 409 Liu Qingquan and Gary M. C. Shiu 17. Chongqing .......................................................................................... 435 Chen Yue, Chen Caiti and Lin Hui 18. Guangxi .............................................................................................. 463 Huang Yefang and Shen Jianfa 19. Guizhou .............................................................................................. 503 Chen Zhilong and Zhang Min 20. Yunnan ............................................................................................... 525 Gan Chunkai and Chen Zhilong 21. Tibet .................................................................................................... 549 Ng Wing-fai and Zhou Yixing Glossary ....................................................................................................... 581 List of Contributors ................................................................................... 585 Index ............................................................................................................ 593