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    Rumbling of reform in China’s fiscal foundations
    Wong, C ( 2017-04-17)
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    Austronesian Linguistics
    Adelaar, K ; Aronoff, M (Oxford University Press, 2017)
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    The comparative method in Austronesian linguistics
    Adelaar, K ; Klein, J ; Joseph, B ; Fritz, M ; Wenthe, M (Mouton de Gruyter, 2017)
    This book presents the most comprehensive coverage of the field of IndoEuropean Linguistics in a century, focusing on the entire Indo-European family and treating each major branch and most minor languages. The collaborative work of 120 scholars from 22 countries, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics combines the exhaustive coverage of an encyclopedia with the in-depth treatment of individual monographic studies.
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    Who were the first Malagasy, and what did they speak?
    Adelaar, A ; Acri, A ; Blench, R ; Landmann, A (Institute of South East Asian Studies, 2017-01-01)
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    The emerging core characteristics of Vietnam's political economy
    Fforde, A (WILEY, 2017-11)
    This paper offers an understanding of the core drivers of the political economy of the ruling Communist Party in Vietnam. In the absence of political reform, the regime does not possess the powers required by the new conditions of a market economy and an increasingly open society. Designed for Soviet totalitarianism, and without popular support or authority, the formal political institutions are anachronistic and thus limit the range of powers available to the Party. As the regime is thus unable to reliably deploy policy unless it feels threatened, politics becomes a competition over spoils. Thus, if macroeconomic instability actually or potentially threatens the regime, the Politburo gains authority to act, and policy is deployed. Yet, as popular discontent mounts over corruption, favourable treatment of politically connected businesses, public education and health, and other areas not seen as regime‐threatening, the disequilibrium leads to use of the security forces and increasing violence against popular opposition.
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    China's Marine Fishery and Global Ocean Governance
    Zhang, H ; Wu, F (WILEY, 2017-05)
    Abstract This paper first examines two most significant structural shifts in China's marine fishery sector in the past decades, namely, expanding outward and going after high market value species. It then explains how domestic policies and development strategies have shaped the trajectory of China's marine fishery sector, and analyzes the obstacles rooted in both domestic socio‐political settings and global governance that have impeded policy reform and effective enforcement in China to ensure marine sustainability and international cooperation. Lastly, the paper explores possible options for transnational advocacy actors that are concerned with the global impact of China's growing fisheries.
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    Making Spaces in Malaysia: Women's Rights and New Muslim Religiosities
    Stivens, M ; Cesari, J ; Casanova, J (Oxford University Press, 2017)
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    Estimating urban water demand under conditions of rapid growth: the case of Shanghai
    Li, M ; Finlayson, B ; Webber, M ; Barnett, J ; Webber, S ; Rogers, S ; Chen, Z ; Wei, T ; Chen, J ; Wu, X ; Wang, M (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2017-04)
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    Estimating urban water demand under conditions of rapid growth: the case of Shanghai (vol 17, pg 1153, 2017)
    Li, M ; Finlayson, B ; Webber, M ; Barnett, J ; Webber, S ; Rogers, S ; Chen, Z ; Wei, T ; Chen, J ; Wu, X ; Wang, M (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2017-04)
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    Elucidating the origin of HLA-B*73 allelic lineage: Did modern humans benefit by archaic introgression?
    Yasukochi, Y ; Ohashi, J (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017-01)
    A previous study reported that some of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and haplotypes in present-day humans were acquired by admixture with archaic humans; specifically, an exceptionally diverged HLA-B*73 allele was proposed to be transmitted from Denisovans, although the DNA sequence of HLA-B*73 has not been detected in the Denisovan genome. Here, we argue against the hypothesis that HLA-B*73 introgressed from Denisovans into early modern humans. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that HLA-B*73:01 formed a monophyletic group with a chimpanzee MHC-B allele, strongly suggesting that the HLA-B*73 allelic lineage has been maintained in humans as well as in chimpanzees since the divergence of humans and chimpanzees. The global distribution of HLA-B*73 allele showed that the population frequency of HLA-B*73 in west Asia (0.24 %)-a possible site of admixture with Denisovans-is lower than that in Europe (0.72 %) and in south Asia (0.69 %). Furthermore, HLA-B*73 is not observed in Melanesia even though the Melanesian genome contains the highest proportion of Denisovan ancestry in present-day human populations. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in HLA-A*11-HLA-C*12:02 or HLA-A*11-C*15 haplotypes, one of which was assumed to be transmitted together with HLA-B*73 from Denisovans by the study of Abi-Rached and colleagues, were not differentiated from those in other HLA-A-C haplotypes in modern humans. These results do not support the introgression hypothesis. Thus, we conclude that it is highly likely that HLA-B*73 allelic lineage has been maintained in the direct ancestors of modern humans.