The challenges of China's growth / Dwight H. Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, Dwight H. (Dwight Heald), 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

China.

Economic conditions.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

55 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, [2007]

Summary:

China's economic growth since 1978 has transformed the country. People are richer, freer, and healthier than they have ever been, and if current growth rates are sustained, poverty will be eliminated in China by 2025. But China's economic growth has also created its own challenges. Both the countryside and the cities see the with economic losers who have lost their land and livelihood in the post-reform economy. China's inefficient energy use puts growing pressure on its ability to procure the necessary resources to sustain growth. And Beijing's growing military power threatens to put it on a collision course with the United States. The Challenges of China's Growth looks at the major obstacles that Beijing must yet surmount if it is to emerge as a rich country in the twenty-first century and considers the steps that China must take to succeed.

Contents:

The Challenges of China's Growth 1

The Past Twenty-Seven Years 3

Forecasting China's Future Economic Growth 10

Sources of Political Tension 26

The Impact of Future Economic Growth 33

Implications for United States Policy 41.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-53).

ISBN:

9780844771953

0844771953

OCLC:

71427160