Research for this book was supported by a grant from the Australian Research
Council [FT130100412] and an international research collaboration,
the Asia Pacific Program on Comparative and Cross-cultural Disputes
Resolution
Research, based at the Institute of Asian Research, University
of British Columbia. The APDR program is funded through an award from
the Major Collaborative Research Initiative (Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada).
Randy Schmidt and his team at UBC Press showed great compassion as
well as professionalism during the preparation of this manuscript, for which
I am most grateful.
Even in the most difficult times, I have been fortunate to have the unswerving
love and support of David and my parents, Richard and Alison.
I am grateful to the wonderful research assistants who helped with this
project: Ren Shuang, Zhang Xinyu, Ma Chenjie, and Alistair Robertson.
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