Demystifying the Chinese Economy

by Justin Yifu Lin

Book Overview

China was the largest and one of the most advanced economies in the world before the eighteenth century, yet declined precipitately thereafter and degenerated into one of the world's poorest economies by the late nineteenth century. Despite generations' efforts for national rejuvenation, China did not reverse its fate until it introduced market-oriented reforms in 1979. Since then it has been the most dynamic economy in the world and is likely to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521181747
• ISBN13: 9780521181747
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"