Taxation without Representation in Contemporary Rural China (Cambridge Modern China Series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 14, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780521813181
Subjects: Asian studies; Development studies; Political economy; Taxation; Politics and government; China; Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; ASIA; Tax incidence; General; Taxation - General; Political Science / General
First sentence: FOR more than fifteen years China's top leaders called for the "lightening of the peasants' burden," a term that referred to the imposition on villagers of "unreasonable" ad hoc fees, fines, local taxes, assessments on peasant households, or apportionment of governmental expenses among them.