China's Economic Dilemmas in the 1990s: The Problem of Reforms, Modernisation and Interdependence / Edition 2

by The Joint Economic Committee

Overview

Most students of contemporary China are familiar with the Joint Economic Committee studies on China, which have appeared periodically since 1967. This is the most recent study in the series (released in April, 1991). This volume follows the format of the previous studies, offering a broad sweep of its subject matter. The 50 chapters - contributed by Chinese scholars in government, universities and private research centres - are divided into five major parts. Each section begins with an overview which summarises and comments on the main points in each of the chapters. The volume offers a detailed examination of China's economy, and the political and social factors currently facing the leadership in Beijing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563241598
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/1993
Series:	Made Easy Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	950
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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Table of Contents

I: The Context for Analyzing China; China's Transition to the Post-Deng Era; The Dynamics of Internal Policies; Power Structure and Key Political Players in China; External Factors Affecting the Economy; Commentaries China's Biggest Problem: Gridlock, not Revolution; Some Thoughts on the Context for Analyzing China; II: Reforms; Overview; The Problematic Future of China's Economic Reforms; China's Mixed Economic System: Properties and Consequences; The Performance of China's Economy; The Cyclical Future of China's Economic Reforms; Inflation in China: Patterns, Causes and Cures; Price Reforms vs. Enterprise Autonomy: which should have Priority?; Taxation Reform in China's Public Finance; Provincial Economic Differences Diminished in the Decade of Reform; A Systemic Analysis of Prospects for China's Economy; III: Social and Human Factors; Overview; China's Population Changes and the Economy; Birth Planning Between Plan and Market: The Impact of Reform on China's One-Child Policy; Social Security for State-Sector Workers in the People's Republic of China: the Reform Decade and Beyond; China's Environment; Issues and Economic Implications 1; The Economic Costs of Intellectual Alienation; The Impact of Mao's Legacy on China's Reforms; IV: Modernization; A. Agriculture; Overview; China's Agricultural Policy During the Reform Period 1; China's Agricultural Reforms: Evaluation and Outlook; Primary Issues in China's Grain Economy in the 1990s; Loss and Misuse of China's Cultivated Land; Rural Industry: Constraining the Leading Growth Sector in China's Economy; B. Industry; Overview; China's Enduring State Factories: why Ten Years of Reform have Left China's Big State Factories Unchanged; Modernizing China's Transport System; China's Growing Airlines and Aviation Industry; China's Telecommunications and American Strategic Interests; China's Energy Outlook; C. Science and Technology; Overview; Fragmented Innovation: China's Science and Technology Policy Reforms in Retrospect 1; China's High Technology: Programs, Problems, and Prospects; China's Acquisition and Assimilation of Foreign Technology: Beijing's Search for Excellence; China's Space Program; The Effects of Tiananmen on China's International Scientific and Educational Cooperation; Perspectives on China's Brain Drain; D. Military; Overview; Chinese Defense Policy and Military Strategy in the 1990s; Chinese Military Capabilities: Problems and Prospects; Interpreting Trends in Chinese Defense Spending; China in Transition: Military Concerns and Ability to Influence Events; China's arms sales: overview and outlook for the 1990s; V: Interdependence; Overview; Costs and Benefits of Interdependence: A Net Assessment; China's Foreign Commercial Relations; The Business Climate in China: Half Empty or Half Full?; China's Potential for Export-Led Growth; China's Relations with Multilateral Economic Institutions; In Search of Excellence in China's Industrial Sector: The Chinese Enterprise and Foreign Technology; Chinese Law Relating to Foreign Investment and Trade: The Decade of Reform in Retrospect; Reform and Retrenchment in China's Special Economic Zones; Hong Kong and China in the 1990s; China's Asian Trade: Opportunities and Dilemmas; U.S.-China Commercial Relations: A Decade After Normalization; Sino-Soviet Trade in the 1980s and 1990s: Politics, Pragmatism, and Profits