"Twenty years ago, seemingly everything for sale at American retailers had a "Made In China" sticker on it. Now, things … underway. Even as American commentators fret over "rising China," the real threat lies in a virtually unknown story: that of a … country's future-and the world. Far from the prospect of global takeover, a China newly adrift has the potential to be our …

Intro -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1. The Middle-Income Trap -- 2. China's Looming Transition -- 3 …. The Worst-Case Scenario -- 4. How China Got Here -- 5. A Shaky Foundation -- 6. Invisible Barriers -- 7. Behind Before …

Chinese economy has flourished. Growth has averaged nine percent a year, and China is now a trillion dollar economy. China has …Gradual change has been a hallmark of the Chinese reform experience, and China's success in its sequential approach … this, China remains poor and the reform process unfinished. This book takes its defining theme from Deng Xiaopeng's famous …

the paper we document seven characteristics of China's food economy that we believe account for this unique set of …The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As … communities in the Greater Beijing area, we find small and poor farmers have actively participate in the emergence of China …

The emergence of China as an economic power is one of the miracle growth stories of the last part of the 20th century … and the early part of the 21st century. Its economy has been the fastest growing compared with the economies of the world …). In fact, by the end of 2007 China had achieved many of its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). …

The overall aim of the present paper is to better understand the evolution of tubewell ownership in the North China … also show that the privatisation of tubewells has affected cropping patterns in the North China Plain. When villages shift …

Purpose – With the rise in the opportunity to go to college, the purpose of this paper is to identify if China's rural …