The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China

This is an extremely ambitious work and presents 99 diverse articles on China's economic development through time. The editors of the companion are all distinguished academics in their own right and have brought together work from over 100 subject specialists on China. As the editors point out at the start of the companion, the enormous variety of perspectives offered by contributors make it extremely difficult to concisely summarise the broad-ranging articles contained within. Instead of attempting to synthesise the articles within the companion, the editors provide a helpful introduction that outlines the main economic challenges and successes of the Chinese,...