As the second of two issues of iChinese Economic Studies/i dealing with China's coastal development strategy, six articles reflecting different aspects of the problem are brought together here. The first is by Liu Guoguang, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and an...

After having decreased in the early 1980s, losses by Chinese industrial enterprises began to go up in 1985, reaching 4.05 billion yuan, an increase of 18.3 percent over 1984. In 1986, losses increased another 78.7 percent to 7.42 billion yuan, and in 1987 they increased another 16.9 percent to...

Lin Zili was born in Lianjiang County, Fujian Province, in 1925. He became involved in the revolutionary movement at a young age and, in 1945, was arrested by the Guomindang. Three years later, he was released and went to Hong Kong where he became editor of iShijie zhanwang/i (World Observer), a...

China's entrance into the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been controversial, not only in the United States but also in China. Unlike the old days, when foreign-policy decisions went unchallenged by the public, a very lively debate on the benefits and costs of joining the WTO has emerged in...