best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude … gained from trade, and by some measures, more so than China. We sketch out a theory in which developing countries can grow … continuing reforms, Chinese growth is likely to slow down sharply, perhaps leaving China at a level less than Mexico's real GDP …

that China sells, rather than goods that China buys. I assess evidence from recent literature on these arguments and …

Broadly speaking, two schools of thought have emerged to interpret China's rapid growth since 1978:the experimentalist … school and the convergence school. The experimentalist school attributes China's successes to the evolutionary, experimental …, and incremental nature of China's reforms. Specifically, the resulting non-capitalist institutions are said to be …

.We also find that the differences with East Asia and particularly China depend on the basis of the comparison. We compare … changes in performance since the reforms, which started in China in 1979 and in India in 1991. Such a comparison shows more …