TY - BOOK AU - Guo, Rongxing. TI - How the Chinese economy works SN - 9780230581005 (alk. paper) U1 - 330.951 PY - 2009/// CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; , New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - China KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy KW - 1976-2000 KW - 2000- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-360) and index; A brief history of China -- Spatial and administrative divisions -- Human and cultural contexts -- Political economic systems in transition -- Understanding Chinese economic reform -- Economic growth and income distribution -- A multiregional economic comparison -- Spatial economics and development strategy -- Industrialization and technological progress -- The quest for sustainable development -- International economic influences -- The greater China area: retrospect and prospect N2 - "This revised and updated edition sets out to analyze and compare the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre-reform and post-reform periods and through national, regional and local dimensions"--P. [4] of cover ER -