The goal of this paper is to understand the nature of the property rights associated with China's land tenure systems … and associated property rights in rural China affect the production behavior of farmers. The most robust finding is that …

The author applies a systems-oriented "holistic" approach to China's radical economic reforms during the past quarter … of a century. He characterizes China's economic reforms in terms of a multidimensional classification of economic systems …. When looking at the economic consequences of China's change of economic system, he deals with both the impressive growth …