China's Economic Development, 1950-2014: Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects [Paperback]

China's Economic Development, 1950-2014: Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects is a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Chinese economic development from 1950-2014 focusing on current world-wide attention to the economic reform.

Chu-yuan Cheng covers a wide range of topics, including the cultural effects and ideological influences on China's economic development; the process of China's transition from a planned to a market economy, leadership changes and the root of the Cultural Revolution; the machine-building industry and scientific and engineering manpower in China; China's new development plans in the twenty-first century and the process and consequence of the Quiet Revolution ; the international economic relations including the U.S.-China, Sino-Japanese economic relations and access to WTO; economic relations across the Taiwan Strait and the formation of the Greater China Economic Sphere; and the long-term development prospect of the Chinese economy in the twenty-first century and beyond.

Dr. Chu-Yuan Cheng is professor emeritus of economics at Ball State University.For novices of the Chinese economy, China's Economic Development, 1950-2014 by Professor Chu-yuan Cheng is an excellent introduction that provides sound direction for further studies. For experienced readers, this is a systematic overview of Chinese economic development based on meticulous analyses and insightful interpretations. In a sense, Professor Cheng's latest book is a comprehensive summary of his own works in Chinese economics during his long academic career. It may serve as a model for senior authors who wish to present their scholarship in a similarly reflective and responsible manner. Cho-Yee To, University of Michigan

I. Ideological Background
(1) Culture Factors in the Modern Economic Growth of Four East Asian Countries
(2) The Originality and Creativity of Sun Yat-sens Doctrine and Its Relevance to the Contemporary World
(3) The Economic Tholó)