, selective adaptation, and industrial upgrading. This paper attempts to distill lessons from China's reform and opening up … process, and investigate the underlying reasons behind China's success in trade expansion and economic growth. From its … beginnings with home-grown and second-best institutions, China has embarked on a long journey of reform, experimentation, and …

Myrdal did not cover China in his Asian Drama. If he did, he would have been most likely pessimistic about China, as he … was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a … planned economy to a market economy at the end of 1978. This paper provides answers to the questions: Why was China trapped in …