Economic reform in China coincides with 'the third wave of democratization'worldwide. Yet
fifteen years of rapid economic growth based on a haphazard reform programme of 'opening …

Economic reform in China has now entered a crucial phase with many conflicts and
problems facing the policy-makers. Rapid growth has caused'overheating'of the economy …

The rise of China is a major episode in world economic history. From the late 1970s, China
pursued market-oriented reforms and open policy. During the past two decades, China …

Chinese political reform is caught in a depressing cycle of elite conflict and policy oscillation.
This paper argues that reliance on rapid democratization as a cure for current …

Since the late 1970s, China has made enormous efforts to liberalize its markets and
integrate itself into the world economy. Yet these developments have not been accompanied …

China's economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction.
However, China's institutions look ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer …

China's post-1978 economic reform is generally acclaimed as success, for the Chinese
economy has expanded nine-fold in a matter of 25 years and the country rose from the …

China's economic reforms succeeded in decentralizing decision making power down to the
local and enterprise level. This decentralization has permitted a vibrant non‐state sector to …

Democracy is regarded as a worthy value by most Chinese people including the top
leadership, yet in the last two decades, it seems that no progress has been made towards a …

China is in a race against time to re-engineer its faltering economic model, famously
described by Wen Jiabao, its last prime minister, as" unsustainable, uncoordinated …