"This comprehensive overview of the modern Chinese economy by a noted expert on China's economic development offers a … both an engaging, broadly focused introduction to China's economy since 1949 and original insights based on his own … notable also for placing China's economy in interesting comparative contexts, discussing it in relation to other transitional …

a range of questions about the global economy. Wolf discusses the paradoxes and puzzles within China's political economy … on the world's economies, including those of China, the United States, Japan, Korea, India, and others. First appearing … economic inequality and where its principal sources may truly lay, China's currency and the continuing controversy about …

"This book presents a wide-ranging assessment of the current state of China's economy in relation to the global … international economy. It discusses the role China has played in responding to the economic crisis; assesses the continuing strong … prospects for further economic growth in China; and examines China's deepening integration into the world economy. Specific …