This book provides an important contribution to the economic history of modern China. It examines the history of the coal mining industry - one of China's largest and most important - from the beginnings of modernisation around 1895 to the start of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. It addresses questions of both economic and socio-political history and contributes to our knowledge of many aspects of early twentieth-century Chinese history. It examines the slow growth of the modern sector of the Chinese economy and considers the effects of foreign investment and ownership, the supply of capital, the technology of production, the availability of local entrepreneurship and compares the evolution of the Chinese coal industry with development elsewhere. This book will be of interest to those concerned with the problems of industrial growth in general as well as to specialists on modern China.
This study reassesses China’s nominal economic size from the bottom up. It compares China’s practices with international standards and reviews the long-standing arguments about Chinese economic statis
China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been hailed as the biggest coming-out party in the history of capitalism. Its membership eventually will contribute to higher standards of
The editors (economists from the United States and China) present 12 papers that were primarily drawn from the July 2000 conference, Developing Through Globalization: China's Opportunities and Challen
The book presents the views of leading Chinese and American scholars working in the fields of Chinese foreign policy, national security and international political economy. It seeks to challenge the c
The truth about China’s financial industry—and the growing bubble that’s guaranteed to blow it apart…?In recent years, the Chinese economy has been fueled by the implicit guarantee of major banks and
The yearbook, long established in China, is now being translated each year into English. Top academics and leaders in government agencies offer views on the Chinese economy such as China's great virtu
Chinese and American scholars presented papers at the 2nd annual conference organized by RAND in Santa Monica, and the China Reform Forum in Beijing. This book contains those edited papers.
China is now the world's second largest economy and may soon overtake the UnitedStates as the world's largest. Despite its adoption of some free-market principles, China considersitself a "socialist-m
Private and foreign economic sectors (termed non-state sectors in China) have been the main engine of China’s phenomenal economic growth. Built on rich data analyses, this book offers a fresh and in-d
After the 1978 Economic Reform, China's economic development has been on a fast track ever since. Later on, the successful accession into the WTO in 2001 accelerated China's economic transformation an
After the 1978 Economic Reform, China's economic development has been on a fast track ever since. Later on, the successful accession into the WTO in 2001 accelerated China's economic transformation an
Written for a popular audience, a concise and up-to-date survey lays out the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China political and economic situation, from the succession to Deng Xiaoping
