Guan H. Tang, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law in Asia, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK

‘. . . the book market to date hasn’t exactly been inundated with a deluge of books on Chinese commercial law in English. Fortunately, Elgar Publishing has sought to address this problem with several excellent books, one of which we review here. . . The book is meticulously footnoted, with the research tools one would expect from a work of this stature, including an interesting introduction, detailed index and table of contents, plus tables of relevant cases and legislation. Equally interesting is an appendix featuring a timeline of Chinese history. Anyone seeking special insights into the many factors behind China’s fourth place ranking as an economic superpower, will find much to assimilate and discuss in this very thorough and eminently readable work of scholarship.’

• Contents: Introduction 1. The Opening Up to the World of a Once Isolated Nation 2. Authorship, Access and the Public Interest 3. Administrative Copyright Enforcement – the Authorship Public Interest 4. Public Education, Copyright and the Public Interest 5. Public Libraries, Copyright and the Public Interest 6. Public Archives, Public Copyright and the Public Interest Conclusion Appendix: Timeline of Chinese History Bibliography Index

Guan H. Tang, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law in Asia, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK

‘. . . the book market to date hasn’t exactly been inundated with a deluge of books on Chinese commercial law in English. Fortunately, Elgar Publishing has sought to address this problem with several excellent books, one of which we review here. . . The book is meticulously footnoted, with the research tools one would expect from a work of this stature, including an interesting introduction, detailed index and table of contents, plus tables of relevant cases and legislation. Equally interesting is an appendix featuring a timeline of Chinese history. Anyone seeking special insights into the many factors behind China’s fourth place ranking as an economic superpower, will find much to assimilate and discuss in this very thorough and eminently readable work of scholarship.’

• Contents: Introduction 1. The Opening Up to the World of a Once Isolated Nation 2. Authorship, Access and the Public Interest 3. Administrative Copyright Enforcement – the Authorship Public Interest 4. Public Education, Copyright and the Public Interest 5. Public Libraries, Copyright and the Public Interest 6. Public Archives, Public Copyright and the Public Interest Conclusion Appendix: Timeline of Chinese History Bibliography Index

Guan H. Tang, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law in Asia, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK

‘. . . the book market to date hasn’t exactly been inundated with a deluge of books on Chinese commercial law in English. Fortunately, Elgar Publishing has sought to address this problem with several excellent books, one of which we review here. . . The book is meticulously footnoted, with the research tools one would expect from a work of this stature, including an interesting introduction, detailed index and table of contents, plus tables of relevant cases and legislation. Equally interesting is an appendix featuring a timeline of Chinese history. Anyone seeking special insights into the many factors behind China’s fourth place ranking as an economic superpower, will find much to assimilate and discuss in this very thorough and eminently readable work of scholarship.’

• Contents: Introduction 1. The Opening Up to the World of a Once Isolated Nation 2. Authorship, Access and the Public Interest 3. Administrative Copyright Enforcement – the Authorship Public Interest 4. Public Education, Copyright and the Public Interest 5. Public Libraries, Copyright and the Public Interest 6. Public Archives, Public Copyright and the Public Interest Conclusion Appendix: Timeline of Chinese History Bibliography Index