A.S. BHALLA (M.A. Cantab.; Ph.D, Manchester) is Special Professor, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. Formerly, he was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK. His earlier relevant publications include Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities, Poverty and Exclusion in a Global World, and Uneven Development in the Third World: A Study of China and India. DAN LUO (Ph.D. Nottingham) is Lecturer, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, UK.