China's Economic Challenge: Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl : Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl

ISBN
9780765608086
$200.00
Author Hughes, Neil C.
Format Trade Cloth
Details
  • 9.3" x 6.2" x 0.6"
  • Active Record
  • Individual Title
  • Books
  • 2002
  • 256
  • Yes
  • Print
  • 1
  • HC427.9.H867 2001
This book lays bare the reality behind China's efforts at economic modernization by showing: (1) what is happening to the industrial forces that help shape the economy; (2) how economic agents have behaved; (3) what government intentions really are; and (4) how the transition from a centralized to a market-oriented economy has been filled with contradictions and difficult choices. The author examines issues such as China's WTO membership; the Three Gorges Project; the widening differences between the urban and rural areas; the government's efforts to protect its own interests and maintain stability; the impact of reform; and the situation facing state enterprises, the banking system, the agricultural sector, and the environment.