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Youhong Lin is an Associate Professor in Economics at Xiamen University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. His research interests are in the areas of economic history and development economics.
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The fractured land hypothesis: Why China is Unified but Europe is not
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