Figures
1 Administrative divisions of China. State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. Ministry of National Sources of the People’s Republic of China Map Censorship Reference no.: GS (2008) 1412 xvii
2 An illustration of China’s unitary system in the mainland 59
Tables
1 Chinese Constitutions before 1949 29
2 Extracts from preambles of four constitutions of the PRC 36
3 Details of national autonomous regions (2014) 54
4 Legislative preparation of five autonomous regions in history 64
5 Government revenues and their ratio to GDP (1979–1993). Finance Yearbook of China, 1979–1993 108