China, Asia's next economic giant? (The Henry M. Jackson lectures in modern Chinese studies)

From Library Journal China's economic and social transformation from a poor, mostly peasant society to an increasingly prosperous, industrial society would be a major event in world history, according to Perkins, a leading expert on China's economy. Writing for a nonspecialist audience, Perkins argues that China now possesses the educated human resources and growth-oriented, stable political system that make such a transformation feasible. Post-Mao economic reforms have produced rising productivity and annual growth rates averaging 8 percent. Briefly but authoritatively assessing both the dangers to reform and the lively consequences of reform, Perkins joins the optimists who believe China finally has achieved a successful formula for modernization. Steven I. Levine, Sch. for International Service, American Univ., Washington D.C.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.