Consumption in Asia
Subtitle: Lifestyles and Identities (New Rich in Asia)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 21, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780415213110
First sentence: Since mid-1997, most of the hitherto rapidly expanding economies of East and Southeast Asia have been brought down to different stages of economic recession and crisis; the possible exceptions being Taiwan, which continues to enjoy economic growth, and the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is experiencing an economic slowdown not amounting to recession.