China

Economy

Analyses of the Chinese economy under Mao include Audrey Donnithorne, China’s Economic System (1967); and Alexander Eckstein, China’s Economic Revolution (1977). Studies of the reform transition include Nicholas R. Lardy and Kenneth Lieberthal (eds.), Ch’en Yun’s Strategy for China’s Development: A Non-Maoist Alternative (1983); Dorothy J. Solinger, Chinese Business Under Socialism (1984); Samuel P.S. Ho and Ralph W. Huenemann, China’s Open Door Policy: The Quest for Foreign Technology and Capital (1984); and Nicholas R. Lardy, Integrating China into the Global Economy (2002).

China’s reformed economy is explored in China 2020: Development Challenges in the New Century (1997), published by the World Bank; Barry Naughton, The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth (2007); and Edward S. Steinfeld, Forging Reform in China: The Fate of State-Owned Industry (1998). Reference works in English published by or with the cooperation of the Chinese government include Almanac of China’s Economy (annual) by the Economic Research Centre; and Statistical Yearbook of China (annual) by the State Statistical Bureau.