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List of Boxes | p. xi |
List of Figures | p. xii |
List of Tables | p. xiv |
List of Abbreviations | p. xvi |
Foreword | p. xviii |
Preface | p. xx |
Key Terms | p. xxv |
Map | p. xxviii |
A Brief History of China | p. 1 |
The origins of the nation | p. 1 |
Rise and fall of the empire | p. 3 |
China in the new millennium | p. 9 |
Summary | p. 11 |
Case study: Why the Yellow river is important | p. 12 |
Spatial and Administrative Divisions | p. 16 |
Administrative divisions | p. 16 |
Great regions | p. 21 |
Geographical belts | p. 23 |
Southern and northern parts | p. 25 |
Ethno-cultural areas | p. 26 |
Summary | p. 29 |
Case study: Who owns Lake Weishan? | p. 30 |
Human and Cultural Contexts | p. 38 |
Population | p. 38 |
Labor force | p. 44 |
Education | p. 45 |
Cultural context | p. 50 |
Summary | p. 58 |
Case study: Age, gender, education and earnings | p. 59 |
Political Economic Systems in Transition | p. 66 |
Plan and market | p. 66 |
Employment | p. 72 |
Production and ownership | p. 75 |
Public finance | p. 82 |
Banking | p. 87 |
External relations | p. 91 |
Summary | p. 94 |
Case study: System dynamics - a feedback model | p. 96 |
Understanding Chinese Economic Reform | p. 99 |
A brief narrative | p. 99 |
Interest groups and stakeholders | p. 103 |
Radical reform: the (un)successful cases | p. 110 |
Gradual/partial reform: the (un)successful cases | p. 114 |
Whither Chinese-style reform? | p. 120 |
Summary | p. 127 |
Case study: Games between radicals and conservatives | p. 128 |
Economic Growth and Income Distribution | p. 136 |
China's growth performance | p. 136 |
Measuring income inequality | p. 141 |
Inequality: causes and consequences | p. 144 |
Poverty and social security | p. 149 |
Summary | p. 152 |
Case study: A tale of two companies in transition | p. 153 |
A Multiregional Economic Comparison | p. 163 |
About the statistical data | p. 163 |
Macroeconomic performance | p. 166 |
Real living standards | p. 170 |
Regional economic disparity | p. 177 |
Summary | p. 183 |
Case study: Similar initial conditions, varied results | p. 185 |
Spatial Economics and Development Strategy | p. 187 |
Comparative advantage index | p. 187 |
Spatial economic separation | p. 192 |
China's search for spatial integration | p. 198 |
Regional development strategy | p. 201 |
Summary | p. 205 |
Case study: Fighting for rainfalls? | p. 206 |
Industrialization and Technological Progress | p. 212 |
China's industrialization efforts | p. 212 |
Post-reform industrialization | p. 219 |
A comparative analysis | p. 226 |
Technological progress | p. 230 |
Summary | p. 235 |
Case study: Technological and economic leapfrogging | p. 235 |
The Quest for Sustainable Development | p. 238 |
Background | p. 238 |
Natural resources | p. 242 |
Energy production and consumption | p. 247 |
Environmental situation | p. 251 |
Chinese environmental policy | p. 259 |
Summary | p. 264 |
Case study: Should Chinese legislations be revised? | p. 265 |
International Economic Influences | p. 268 |
Historical review | p. 268 |
Foreign direct investment | p. 276 |
Foreign trade | p. 281 |
A quantitative analysis | p. 285 |
Summary | p. 290 |
Case study: Cultural influences on foreign trade | p. 291 |
The Greater China Area: Retrospect and Prospect | p. 296 |
Historical evolution | p. 296 |
Social and economic differences | p. 300 |
Complementary conditions | p. 303 |
Cross-Strait economic relations | p. 305 |
Future perspective | p. 312 |
Case study: Overseas Chinese economics | p. 313 |
Appendixes | |
Basic Conditions of the Ethnic Minorities | p. 315 |
A List of Major Reforms From 1978 to 2008 | p. 317 |
Notes | p. 319 |
Bibliography | p. 362 |
Index | p. 361 |
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