Intro -- Contents -- Tables, Maps, and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1: National Context -- 2 The Operating System of Spatial Transformation -- 3 Maoist Plan-Ideological Space -- 4 Post-Mao Market-Regulatory Space -- Part 2: Development of the Pearl River Delta...

This paper investigates the relationship between infrastructure and rural economic development. It begins by reviewing the progress of Chinese economic and rural reform and analyzes the challenges faced by the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Then, based on the review, an...