This book is a comprehensive, balanced and realistic assessment of China's financial reform program and future … financial liberalization, the authors examine the impact of financial reform on economic development in China during the reform … therefore, allow more informed future policy choices for both China and other developing and transitional countries …

European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised … -- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6 …