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

by Neil C. Hughes

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315291239
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/16/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Neil Hughes has spent thirty-two years working in twenty-five countries as an industrial and financial specialist and project manager with the World Bank. During 1992–2002, he helped Chinese officials and state enterprise managers implement economic reforms and restructure enterprises. He has an M.A. in international economics and politics from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, an M.A. in anthropology from The George Washington University and a B.A. in history from The College of Wooster.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl; Chapter 2 Like Stones Dropped in the Sea; Chapter 3 The Good Earth; Chapter 4 Cities Without Walls; Chapter 5 The Three Gorges Dam Revisited; Chapter 6 Cyberspace Gatekeeper; Chapter 7 From Dragon Robe to Business Suit;