First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Editor's Note History The Maoist Period, 1949-78: Mobilizational Collectivism, Primitive Accumulation, and Industrialization Victor D. Lippit The Dengist Period: The Triumphs and Crises of Structural Reform, 1979 to the Present Marc Blecher Regional Context China and Hong Kong: The Political Economy of Reunification Suzanne Pepper Growing Interdependence: Economic Relations Between China and Taiwan Elizabeth M. Freund China in East Asia: Changing Relations with Japan and Korea Quansheng Zhao China and Southeast Asia in the 1990s: Prospects for Economic Cooperation Guangzhi Zhao Political Economy and Development Policy Plan Versus Market: China's Socialist Market Economy Joseph Fewsmith China's Urban Industry Chun Chang and Yijiang Wang The Impact and Prospects of Rural Enterprise Michelle S. Mood The Political Consequences of China's Agricultural Reform Scott Wilson The Private Sector in China's Economic Reforms Susan Young Financial Reform at the Crossroads Paul Bowles Foreign Trade Reform and Relations with International Economic Institutions Jude Howell China's Environment and Natural Resources Vaclav Smil Law Reform and China's Emerging Market Economy Pitman B. Potter Political Fetters, Commercial Freedoms: Restraint and Excess in Chinese Mass Communications Judy Polumbaum Society and Human Dimensions of Development Population Policy Penny Kane Chinese Labor in the Reform Era: Changing Fragmentation and New Politics Ching Kwan Lee Education and Economic Reform Stanley Rosen China's Social Welfare Reforms for a Market Economy: Problems and Prospects Jane Duckett China's Nationalities and Nationality Areas Katherine Palmer Appendices Chronology Glossary Personalities Government Structures Bibliography Stephen B. Herschler Index