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A Security and Peace Mechanism for Northeast Asia: The Economic Dimension [PDF]

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The creation of an enduring multilateral security and peace mechanism for Northeast Asia and the furthering of regional economic cooperation have been identified as components of a final resolution of the North Korean nuclear controversy in the Six Party
Marcus Noland, Stephan Haggard
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The physics of large-scale food crises

open access: yes, 2018
Investigating the ``physics'' of food crises consists in identifying features which are common to all large-scale food crises. One element which stands out is the fact that during a food crisis there is not only a surge in deaths but also a correlative ...
Richmond, Peter   +2 more
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Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform [PDF]

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In the mid-1990s, as many as one million North Koreans died in one of the worst famines of the twentieth century. The socialist food distribution system collapsed primarily because of a misguided push for self-reliance, but was compounded by the regime's
Marcus Noland, Stephan Haggard
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Nominal predication and focus anchoring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
It will be shown that verbs can be missing in predicative sentences by using the data from Chinese. Copula-less sentences in Chinese are subject to 'Generalized Anchoring Principle' (GAP), which requires that every clause be anchored at the interface for
Tang, Sze-Wing
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Large Shocks and Small Changes in the Marriage Market for Famine Born Cohorts in China [PDF]

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Between 1958 and 1961, China experienced one of its worst famines in history. Birth rates plummeted during these years, but recovered immediately afterwards. The famine-born cohorts were relatively scarce in the marriage and labor markets.
Aloysius Siow, Carl Vogel, Loren Brandt
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Prenatal malnutrition and subsequent foetal loss risk: Evidence from the 1959-1961 Chinese famine

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2013
Background: Scientists disagree on whether prenatal malnutrition has long-term influences on women's reproductive function, and empirical evidence of such long-term effects remains limited and inconsistent.
Shige Song
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From starvation to depression: unveiling the link between the great famine and late-life depression

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background The Great Famine in China from 1959 to 1961 is recognized as one of the most severe social and public health disasters of the 20th century, with profound long-term impacts on the health of survivors, particularly on their mental health.
Lin Guo   +7 more
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