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Economic Reform/Development
Books

Lin, Justin Yifu, Fang Cai and Zhou Li. 2006. The China Miracle: Development Strategy & Economic Reform. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press

Naughton, Barry J. 1996. Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978- 1993. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Shirk, Susan L. 1993. The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China. Berkeley: University of California Press;

Yang, Dali L. 1996. Calamity and Reform in China: State, Rural Society, and Institutional Change Since the Great Leap Famine. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press

Journal Articles

Baum, Richard and Alexei Shevchenko. 1999. "The "State of the State"." In Goldman, M. and R. MacFarquhar, eds., The Paradox of China's Post-Mao Reforms 333-360. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press

Liew, Leong H. 2005. "China's Engagement with Neo-liberalism: Path Dependency, Geography and Party Self-Reinvention" Journal of Development Studies, vol.41 2 331- 352

Lü, Xiaobo. 2000. "Booty Capitalism, Bureau-preneurs, and the State in Transition: Organizational Corruption in China" Comparative Politics, vol.32 3 272-294

Ma, Shu-yun. 2000. "Understanding China's Reform: Looking Beyond Neoclassical Explanations" World Politics, vol.52 July 2000 586-603

Pearson, Margaret M. 2005. "The Business of Governing Business in China: Institutions and Norms of the Emerging Regulatory State" World Politics, vol.57 January 2005 296- 322

Shih, V. 2004. “Development, the Second Time Around: The Political Logic of Developing Western China” Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 4, 4, 427-452

Woo, Wing Thye. 1999. "The Real Reasons for China's Growth" China Journal, vol.41 January 1999 115-137

Fiscal Reform/Financial Sector Reform
Books

Naughton, Barry J. 2007. The Chinese Economy: Transitions & Growth. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Chapter 19.

Whiting, Susan. 2001. “The Cadre Evaluation System at the Grassroots: The Paradox of Party Rule.” In Naughton, B.J. and D.L. Yang, eds., Holding China Together, New York: Cambridge University Press

Wu, Jinglian. 2005. Understanding and Interpreting Chinese Economic Reform. Mason, Ohio: Thomson Higher Education. Chapter 6

Journal Articles
Anderson, Jonathan. 2005. "How to Think about China" Asian Economic Perspectives (UBS Securities Asia Ltd.), 9 May 2005; Part 3: Which way out for the Banking System?

Anderson, Jonathan. 2005. "The Great Chinese Bank Sale" Far Eastern Economic Review, September 2005.

Bloom, Gerald. 2005. "China's Rural Health System in Transition: Toward Coherent Institutional Arrangements?" In Huang, Y., T. Saich and E. Steinfeld, eds., Financial Sector Reform in China Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Centre

Croll, Elisabeth. "Social Welfare Reform: Trends and Tensions." The China Quarterly, No. 159, September 1999

Gamble, William. 2003. Going Bust: Overcoming a Dysfunctional Credit System Available at http://hir.harvard.edu/articles/1123/ Summer 2003

Green, Stephen. 2003. China's Stockmarket: A Guide to its Progress, Players and Prospects. London: The Economist Newspaper; Chapters 5 and 6

Green, Stephen. 2001. "The Truth About China's Stock Market" CFO Asia, 26 October 2001

Heilmann, Sebastian. 2005. "Regulatory Innovation by Leninist Means: Communist Party Supervision in China's Financial Industry" The China Quarterly, vol.181 1-2

Lardy, Nicholas. 1998. China's Unfinished Economic Revolution. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press; Chapters 1 and 4

Li, Cheng. 2006. "Think National, Blame Local: Central-Provincial Dynamics in the Hu Era" China Leadership Monitor, vol.17 Winter 2006

Park, Albert , Scott Rozelle, Christine Wong and Changqing Ren. 1996. "Distributional Consequences of Reforming Local Finance in China" China Quarterly, vol.147 September 1996 751-778

Ma, Guonan. 2006. "Sharing China's Bank Restructuring Bill" China and World Economy, vol.14 3 19-37

Montinola, Gabrielle, Yingji Qian and Barry R. Weingast. 1996. “Federalism, Chinese Style: The Political Basis for Economic Success.” World Politics, vol. 48, 1, 50-81

Saich, Tony and Joan Kaufman. 2005. "Financial Reform, Poverty, and the Impact on Reproductive Health Provision: Evidence from Three Rural Townships." In Huang, Y., T.

Saich and E. Steinfeld, eds., Financial Sector Reform in China Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Centre.

Tsui, Kai-Yuen and Youqiang Wang. 2004. “Between Separate Stoves and a Single Menu: Fiscal Decentralization in China.” China Quarterly, vol. 177, 71-90

Wong, Christine. 2005. "Can China Change Development Paradigm for the 21st Century? Fiscal Policy Options for Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao after Two Decades of Muddling Through" German Institute for International and Security Affairs Working Paper, vol.FG7 April 2005

State-Owned Enterprise Reform
Books

Lardy, Nicholas. 1998. China's Unfinished Economic Revolution. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press; Chapter 2

Lin, Justin Yifu, Fang Cai and Zhou Li. 2006. The China Miracle: Development Strategy & Economic Reform. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press

Steinfeld, Edward S. (1998). Forging Reform in China: The Fate of State-Owned Industry. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; Chapter 3

Tenev, Stoyan and Zhang Chunlin. 2002. Corporate Governance and Enterprise Reform in China: Building the Institutions of Modern Markets. Washington, DC: World Bank and the International Finance Corporation; Chapter 2

Wu, Jinglian. 2005. Understanding and Interpreting Chinese Economic Reform. Mason, Ohio: Thomson Higher Education; Chapters 4 and 9

Articles

Anderson, Jonathan. 2005. "How to Think about China" Asian Economic Perspectives (UBS Securities Asia Ltd.), 9 May 2005 76-114; Part 2: The Aging of China

Lee, Chingboon. 1993. "China's Transition towards the Market: "Socialization" of the Safety Net" China Economic Review, vol.4 2 169-180

Perkins, Dwight. 1993. "Summary: Why Is Reforming State Owned Enterprises so Difficult?" China Economic Review, vol.4 2 149-151

Political Economy
Books

Naughton, Barry J. 2007. The Chinese Economy: Transitions & Growth. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press

Articles

Oi, Jean C. 1992. “Fiscal Reform and the Economic Foundations of Local State Corporatism in China.” World Politics, vol.45, 1, October 1992, 99-126

Putternam, Louis. 1997. "On the Past and Future of China's Township and Village- Owned Enterprises" World Development, vol.25

Trade and Investment
Books

Lardy, Nicholas. 2002. Integrating China into the Global Economy. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press; Chapters 1 and 4

Naughton, Barry J. 2007. The Chinese Economy: Transitions & Growth. Cambridge,

Wu, Jinglian. 2005. Understanding and Interpreting Chinese Economic Reform. Mason, Ohio: Thomson Higher Education. Chapter 8 Massachusetts: MIT Press. Chapters 16 and 17

Journal Articles

Chen, Chung, Lawrence Chang and Zhang Yimin. 1995. "The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in China's Post-1978 Economic Development" World Development, vol.23 4, 691-703

Pearson, Margaret M. "The Case of China's Accession to GATT/WTO." In The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform, 1978-2000. Edited by Lampton. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001., pp. 337-370

Tong, Sarah Y. 2005. "The US-China Trade Imbalance: How Big is it Really?" China: An International Journal, vol.3 1 March 2005 131-154

Zweig, David. 1995. ""Developmental Communities" on China's Coast: The Impact of Trade, Investment, and Transnational Alliances" Comparative Politics, vol.27 3 April 1995 253-274.

Challenges to Economic Growth
Books

Economy, Elizabeth. 2004. The Rivers Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; Chapter 3

Vaclav, Smil. 2003. China's Past, China's Future: Energy, Food, Environment. London: RoutledgeCurzon

Journal Articles

Ash, Robert F. and Richard Louis Edmonds. 1998. "China's Land Resources, Environment and Agricultural Production" China Quarterly, vol.156 836-879

Gallagher, Mary E. 2002. ""Reform and Openness": Why China's Economic Reforms Have Delayed Democracy" World Politics, vol.54 April 2002 338-372.

Jahiel, Abigail R. 1998. "The Organization of Environmental Protection in China" China Quarterly, vol.156 757-787

Liu, Changming. 1998. "Environmental Issues and the South-North Water Transfer Scheme" China Quarterly, vol.156 December 1998 899-910

Lohmar, Bryan, Jinxia Wang, Scott Rozelle, Jikun Huang and David Dawe. 2003. China's Agricultural Water Policy Reforms: Increasing Investment, Resolving Conflicts, and Revising Incentives http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib782/

Nickum, James E. 1998. "Is China Living on the Water Margin?" China Quarterly, vol.156 880-898

Vermeer, Eduard B. 1998. "Industrial Pollution in China and Remedial Policies" China Quarterly, vol.156 952-985

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Dr David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies

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