How the Chinese Economy Works

List of Boxes List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Foreword Preface Key Terms Map PART I: A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINA The Origins of the Nation Rise and Fall of the Empire China in the New Millennium Summary Case Study: Why Yellow River is Important PART II: SPATIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS Administrative Divisions Great Regions Geographical Belts Southern and Northern Parts Ethno-Culture Areas Summary Case Study: Who owns Lake Weishan? PART III: HUMAN AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS Human and Cultural Contexts Population Labour Force Education Cultural Context Summary Case Study: Age, Gender, Education and Earnings PART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN TRANSITION Plan and Market Employment Production and Ownership Public Finance Banking External Relations Summary Case study: System Dynamics - a Feedback Model PART V: UNDERSTANDING CHINESE ECONOMIC REFORM Understanding Chinese Economic Reform A Brief Narrative Interest Groups and Stakeholders Radical Reform, the (Un)successful Cases Gradual/Partial Reform, the (Un)successful Cases Whither Chinese-style Reform? Summary Case Study: Games between Radicals and Conservatives PART VI: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION China's Growth Performance Measuring Income Inequality Inequality: Causes and Consequences Poverty and Social Security Summary Case Study: A Tale of Two Companies in Transitions PART VII: A MULTIREGIONAL ECONOMIC COMPARISON About Statistical Data Macroeconomic Performance Real Living Standards Regional Economic Disparity Summary Case Study: Similar Initial Conditions, Varied Results PART VIII: SPATIAL ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Spatial Economics and Development Strategy Comparative Advantage Index Spatial Economic Separation China's Search for Spatial Integration Regional Development Strategy Summary Case Study: Fighting for Rainfalls? PART IX: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS China's Efforts on Industrialization Post-Reform Industrialization A Comparative Analysis Technological Progress Summary Case Study: Technological and Economic Leapfrogging PART X: THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Background Natural Resources Energy Production and Consumption Environmental Situation Chinese Environmental Policy Summary Case Study: Should Chinese Legislations be Revised? PART XI: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INFLUENCES International Economic Influences Historical Review Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Trade A Quantitative Analysis Summary Case Study: Cultural Influences on Foreign Trade PART XII: THE GREATER CHINA AREA: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT Historical Evolution Social and Economic Differences Complementary Conditions Cross-Straits Economic Relations Future Perspective Case Study: Overseas Chinese Economics Appendices Basic Conditions of the Ethnic Minorities A List of Major Reforms from 1978 to 2008 Bibliography