Background: As per currently accepted methodology of national economic accounting, China's household consumption rate … is considered relatively low. This paper discusses the evolvement of China’s consumption over time. Methods: Employing … two different measures of consumption, I compare the growth rate of China's household consumption with the growth rates of …

Consensus -- Endnotes -- 6 Agriculture and Industrialization in Republican China, 1911-1935 -- 6.1. A Divided Elite -- 6 … Competing and Cooperating -- 2.3. Traps -- 2.4. The Erosion of Elite Status -- 2.5. Co-evolution -- 2.6. Appendix: The … Fundamental Growth Equation -- Endnotes -- Part II Coping with the Western Challenge, 1840-1911 -- 3 Qing China, 1840-1911 -- 3 …

elites in China tended to resist the requisite changes while elites in Japan did not. This legacy played a crucial role in …