edited by John Wong (National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Zhiyue Bo (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Table of Contents (42k)
Introduction: China's Reformand Opening in a Globalized World (66k)
Chapter 1: China and Democracy: Not a Contradiction in Terms (227k)

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About Zhiyue Bo

This book provides a fascinating perspective of the experiences of China's reform in the past three decades by focusing on China's interaction with and learning from the external world in her unprecedented efforts to reform and open up. After three introductory chapters on broad scope of reform in the political, economic, and social realms, this book deals with lessons from the Eastern Bloc, China's reform in East Asian context, and China and the developed world. The book concludes with two chapters looking to the future of China's political and economic development. In the existing literature of China's reform experience, this book is unique in perspective, topic selection, and in-depth analyses. With contributions from a group of prominent scholars in the field of China studies such as John Wong, Zheng Yongnian, Thomas P Bernstein, Dorothy J Solinger, and Bo Zhiyue, it will be of immense value to anyone who is interested in China.

• Introduction: China's Reform and Opening in a Globalized World (J Wong & Z-Y Bo)
• China's Reform in Perspective:
  • China and Democracy: Not a Contradiction in Terms (Y-N Zheng)
  • China's Three-Decade of Reform: An Economic Perspective (J Wong)
  • Social Reforms in the Cities: Modernity, Time Warp, and Marketing Among Disparate Urban Social Strata (D J Solinger)
• China's Reform in the East Asian Context:
  • The Role of Japan in China's Three-Decade Economic Reform (Y-Q Xing)
  • Korea's Development Experiences and China's Economic Reform (Y-R Cheong)
  • Singapore's Economic Involvement in China's Reform (L F Lye)
  • From Outward Processing to the Closer Partnership Economic Arrangement: The Evolving Economic Relations Between Hong Kong and Guangdong (T-S Lim)
  • Local Economic Transition in China: A Perspective on Taiwan Investment (S-S Chien & L-T Zhao)
• China, the Former Soviet Union, and the Developed World:
  • China's Reforms Compared to Those of Mikhail Gorbachev (T P Bernstein)
  • China–US Economic Relations; Cooperative Competition (Y Wang)
  • China and the Heterogeneous European Welfare State (R Greatrex)
• Looking to the Future:
  • China's Unfinished Business in Economic Reform (Y-R Wu & Z-Y Bo)
  • Political Reform in China: What's Next? (Z-Y Bo)