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Authored Books

Howe, Christopher, Kueh, Y. Y. and Ash, Robert (2003) China's Economic Reform. A Study with Documents. Abingdon: Routledge.

Ash, Robert (1976) Land Tenure in Pre-revolutionary China: Kiangsu Province in the 1920s and 1930s. London: School of Oriental and African Studies. (Contemporary China Institute Series)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Ash, Robert, Garver, John W. and Prime, Penelope, eds. (2011) Taiwan's Democracy: Economic and Political Challenges. London: Routledge. (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

Ash, Robert, Shambaugh, David and Takagi, Seiichirō, eds. (2007) China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States. London and New York: Routledge.

Greene, J. Megan and Ash, Robert, eds. (2007) Taiwan in the 21st century: aspects and limitations of a development model. London: Routledge Curzon.

Ash, Robert and Ho, Lok-Sang, eds. (2006) China, Hong Kong and the World Economy: Studies on Globalization. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Ash, Robert, Ferdinand, Peter, Hook, Brian and Porter, Robin, eds. (2003) Hong Kong in Transition: One Country, Two Systems. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)

Howe, Christopher, Kueh, Y. Y. and Ash, Robert, eds. (2003) A Survey of the Chinese Economic Reforms. London and New York: Routledge.

Ash, Robert and Holbig, Heike, eds. (2002) China's Accession to the World Trade Organization: National and International Perspectives. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Ash, Robert, ed. (2002) China’s Integration in Asia: Economic Security and Strategic Issues. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Ash, Robert and Booth, Anne, eds. (2000) The Economies of Asia, 1950-1998: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy. South East Asia. Vol. II. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Ash, Robert, Ferdinand, Peter, Hook, Brian and Porter, Robin, eds. (2000) Hong Kong in Transition: The Handover Years. Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Draguhn, Werner and Ash, Robert, eds. (1999) China’s Economic Security. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press.

Ash, Robert, ed. (1998) Agricultural Development in China, 1949-1989: The Collected Papers of Kenneth R. Walker (1931-1989). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ash, Robert, Edmonds, Richard Louis and Shaw, Yu-Ming, eds. (1997) Perspectives on Contemporary China in Transition. Taipei: National Chengchi University, Institute of International Relations. (Institute of international relations English monograph series, no.49)

Ash, Robert and Kueh, Y. Y., eds. (1996) Agricultural Development in China Since 1978. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 55-87.

Kueh, Y. Y. and Ash, Robert, eds. (1993) Economic trends in Chinese agriculture: the impact of post-Mao reforms. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Book Chapters

Ash, Robert, Du, Jun and King, Cheng (2018) 'Perspectives on agricultural and grain output growth in China from the nineteenth century to the present day.' In: Pinilla, Vicente and Willebald, Henry, (eds.), Agricultural Development in the World Periphery: A Global Economic History Approach. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)

Ash, Robert (2017) 'Demographic Trends.' In: Tubilewicz, Czeslaw, (ed.), Critical Issues in Contemporary China: Unity, Stability and Development, 2nd edition. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, pp. 141-161.

Ash, Robert, Porter, Robin and Summers, Tim (2014) 'Rebalancing towards a sustainable future: China’s Twelfth Five-Year Programme.' In: Brown, Kerry, (ed.), China and the EU in Context: Insights for Business and Investors. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 81-141.

Fell, Dafydd (2011) 'Polarization of Party Competition in the DPP Era.' In: Ash, Robert and Prime, Penelope, (eds.), Taiwan’s Democracy and Future: Economic and Political Challenges. London: Routledge. (Routledge Research on Taiwan Series)

Ash, Robert (2008) 'Migration and employment: a rural perspective.' In: Islam, Nazrul, (ed.), Resurgent China: Issues for the Future. New York and London: Palgrave.

Tsang, Steve (2007) 'Democratization in a Chinese community: Lessons from Taiwan.' In: Greene, J. Megan and Ash, Robert, (eds.), Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and limitations of a developmental model. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.

Booth, Anne (2007) 'Can the Taiwan Model of Growth with Equity be Replicated in the South East Asian Context.' In: Greene, J. Megan and Ash, Robert, (eds.), Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and Limitations of a Development Model. London: Routledge Curzon.

Ash, Robert (2007) 'Europe's Commercial Relations with China.' In: Shambaugh, David, Sandschneider, Eberhard and Hong, Zhou, (eds.), China-Europe Relations. Perceptions, Policies and Prospects. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 189-130.

Ash, Robert and Greene, J. Megan (2007) 'Introduction to Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and Limitations of a Development Model.' In: Ash, Robert and Greene, J. Megan, (eds.), Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and Limitations of a Development Model. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 1-9.

Ash, Robert (2007) 'Managing China’s Arable Land Resources in an Era of Sustainability.' In: Song, Yan and Ding, C., (eds.), Urbanization in China. Critical Issues in an Era of Rapid Growth. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, pp. 117-141.

Ash, Robert (2007) 'Studies of China’s economy in Europe.' In: Ash, Robert, Shambaugh, David and Takagi, Seiichirō, (eds.), China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 19-49.

Ash, Robert (2006) 'Demography and food production.' In: Tubilewicz, Czeslaw, (ed.), Critical Issues in Contemporary China. London: Routledge, pp. 143-166.

Ash, Robert, Lin, Joseph and Wu, C.J. (2006) 'The Economic Legacy of the KMT and its Implications for Economic Policy Formulation by the DPP.' In: Fell, Dafydd, Klöter, Henning and Chang, Bi-Yu, (eds.), What has changed? Taiwan Before and After the Change in Ruling Parties. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz, pp. 83-106. (Studia formosiana, 0170-3706 ; vol. 4)

Ash, Robert, Shambaugh, David and Takagi, Seiichirō (2006) 'Introduction to China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States.' In: Ash, Robert, Shambaugh, David and Takagi, Seiichirō, (eds.), China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States. London; New York: Routledge, pp. 1-15.

Ash, Robert (2006) 'Recent developments in Chinese agriculture and prospects for future agricultural trade: observations from the grain sector.' In: Ash, Robert and Ho, Lok-Sang, (eds.), China, Hong Kong and the World Economy: Studies on Globalization. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 296-316.

Ash, Robert (2005) 'China's Regional Economies and the Asian Region: Building Interdependent Linkages.' In: Shambaugh, David, (ed.), Power Shift: China and Asia's New Dynamics. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Ash, Robert (2002) 'The Cultural Revolution as an economic phenomenon.' In: Goodman, David and Heilmann, Sebastian, (eds.), Was the Chinese Revolution Necessary? Interpreting Fifty Years of the People's Republic of China. London: Routledge Curzon, pp. 124-158.

Ash, Robert (2002) 'Does the Chinese economy matter?' In: Brodsgaard, Kjeld Erik and Heurlin, Bertel, (eds.), China’s Place in Global Geo-Politics: International, Regional and Domestic Challenges. London: Routledge Curzon, pp. 32-59.

Croll, Elisabeth and Hok-bun, Ku (2002) 'Social Security: Rights and Contracts in a Chinese Village.' In: Ash, Robert, (ed.), China's Integration in Asia: Economic Security and Strategic Issues. London: Curzon, pp. 169-188.

Croll, Elisabeth (2002) 'Social security: rights and contracts in a Chinese Village.' In: Ash, Robert, (ed.), China's Integration in Asia. London: Curzon (uk), pp. 169-187.

Howe, Christopher (2002) 'The changing Asian environment of China's economic development: The perspective from Japan, with particular reference to Foreign Direct Investment and Industrial Restructuring.' In: Ash, Robert, (ed.), China's Integration in Asia. Economic Security and Strategic Issues. London: Curzon, pp. 3-38.

Ash, Robert (2001) 'China's Agricultural Reforms: A Twenty-Year Retrospective.' In: Chao, C. and Dickson, B. J., (eds.), Remaking the Chinese State. Strategies, Society and Security. London: Routledge, pp. 76-100.

Howe, Christopher (2000) '''Hong Kong'', Reversion to China: the political, administrative and economic dimensions.' In: Ash, Robert and Booth, Anne, (eds.), The Economies of Asia 1950 - 1998. Vol. 1. London: Edward Elgar, pp. 160-199.

Ash, Robert (2000) '"Like Fish Finding Water". Economic Relations between Hong Kong and China.' In: Ash, Robert, (ed.), Hong Kong in Transition: The Handover Years. London: Macmillan, pp. 58-78.

Ash, Robert and Qi, Luo (1998) 'Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and the Bohai Sea Rim: the economic growth pole of North China.' In: Hook, Brian, (ed.), Beijing and Tianjin: Towards a Millennial Megalopolis. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, pp. 134-168. (Regional development in China)

Ash, Robert and Qi, Luo (1998) 'Leading China into the 21st century: the challenge of Shanghai.' In: Hook, Brian, (ed.), Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta: A City Reborn. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, pp. 147-180. (Regional development in China)

Ash, Robert (1997) 'China's food security: regional and structural dimensions.' In: Tisdall, Clement A. and Chai, Joseph C.H., (eds.), China's Economic Growth and Transition: Macroeconomic, Regional, Environmental and Other Dimensions. Brisbane: University of Queensland, pp. 427-439.

Ash, Robert (1997) 'The Grain Issue in China: Domestic and International Perspectives.' In: Brosseau, Maurice, Kuan, Hsin-chi and Kueh, Y. Y., (eds.), China Review 1997. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, pp. 135-160.

Ash, Robert (1997) 'The search for grain self-sufficiency in mainland China: a continuing imperative.' In: Ash, Robert, Edmonds, Richard Louis and Shaw, Yu-Ming, (eds.), Perspectives on Contemporary China in Transition. Taipei: National Chengchi University, Institute of International Relations, pp. 58-77. (Institute of International Relations English series)

Ash, Robert (1996) 'Agricultural development in China since 1978.' In: Ash, Robert and Kueh, Y. Y., (eds.), The Chinese Economy under Deng Xiaoping. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 55-87. (Studies on Contemporary China)

Ash, Robert and Qi, Luo (1996) 'The economic challenge.' In: Hook, Brian, (ed.), Fujian: Gateway to Taiwan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 123-152. (Regional Development in China; Vol. 2)

Ash, Robert and Kueh, Y. Y. (1996) 'The fifth dragon: economic development.' In: Hook, Brian, (ed.), Guangdong : China's promised land. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 149-192. (Regional development in China)

Ash, Robert (1993) 'Agricultural policy under the impact of reform.' In: Kueh, Y. Y. and Ash, Robert, (eds.), Economic Trends in Chinese Agriculture: The Impact of Reform. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 11-45.

Ash, Robert (1989) 'Prospects for China's grain sector: a Chinese perspective.' In: Klenner, Wolfgang, (ed.), Trends of Economic Development in East Asia: Essays in Honour of Willy Kraus. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 419-431.

Ash, Robert (1981) 'The quest for food self-sufficiency.' In: Howe, Christopher, (ed.), Shanghai: Revolution and Development in an Asian Metropolis. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 18-221.

Journal Article

Ash, Robert (2014) 'A new line on food security.' China Economic Quarterly, 18 (3). pp. 45-48.

Ash, Robert (2010) 'Food self-sufficiency: Should China feed itself?' China Economic Quarterly, 14 (Mar). pp. 47-52.

Ash, Robert (2006) 'Squeezing the Peasants: Grain Extraction, Food Consumption and Rural Living Standards.' The China Quarterly, 188. pp. 959-998.

Ash, Robert (2006) 'The High Tide in Jiangsu: A perspective from local sources of the time.' The China Quarterly, 187. pp. 743-753.

Ash, Robert (2006) 'The long-term outlook for economic reform in China.' Asia Europe Journal, 4 (2). pp. 177-196.

Ash, Robert (2002) 'Economic Relations between Taiwan and Europe.' The China Quarterly, 169. pp. 154-180.

Ash, Robert (1998) 'Land Resources, Environment and Agricultural Production.' China Quarterly, 156. pp. 836-79.

Ash, Robert and He, Liping (1998) 'Loss‐making and the financial performance of China's industrial enterprises: Data from the new accounting and statistical system.' Journal of Contemporary China, 7 (17). pp. 5-20.

Nolan, Peter and Ash, Robert (1995) 'China's Economy on the Eve of Reform.' The China Quarterly, 144 (Dec). pp. 980-998.

Ash, Robert (1995) 'Mainland China's emerging role in the world economy: implications and future prospects.' Issues and Studies. An International Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs, 31 (1). pp. 1-26.

Ash, Robert and Kueh, Y. Y. (1993) 'Economic Integration within Greater China: Trade and Investment Flows Between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.' The China Quarterly, 136. pp. 711-745.

Ash, Robert (1992) 'The Agricultural Sector in China: Performance and Policy Dilemmas during the 1990s.' The China Quarterly, 131 (Sep). pp. 545-576.

Ash, Robert (1991) 'The Peasant and the State.' The China Quarterly, 127. pp. 493-526.

Ash, Robert (1988) 'The Evolution of Agricultural Policy.' The China Quarterly, 116 (Dec). pp. 529-555.

Ash, Robert (1976) 'Economic Aspects of Land Reform in Kiangsu, 1949–52.' The China Quarterly, 66. pp. 261-292.

Ash, Robert (1976) 'Economic Aspects of Land Reform in Kiangsu, 1949–52.' The China Quarterly, 67. pp. 519-545.

Conference or Workshop Items

Ash, Robert (2002) Academic Literacies Seminar. In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

Monographs and Working Papers

Ash, Robert, Porter, Robin and Summers, Tim (2012) China, The EU and China’s Twelfth Five-Year Programme. London: European China Research and Advice Network.

Theses

Ash, Robert (1975) Development and institutional change in Chinese agriculture: A case study of Kiangsu Province, 1946-1957. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00029137