The Impact of Regulatory Takings by the Chinese State on Rural Land Tenure and Property Rights

Li Ping

The Impact of Regulatory Takings by the Chinese State on Rural Land Tenure and Property Rights

With the realization of China’s rapid ecological deterioration, partly caused by irresponsible logging, the Chinese government has in recent years taken a series of drastic measures to improve forest coverage. One important approach was to declare more than 61 million hectares of existing natural...