Ten Crises: The Political Economy of China’s Development (1949-2020)

Global University for Sustainability Book Series

by Tiejun Wen, Lau Kin Chi (Contributor), Sit Tsui (Contributor)

This open access handbook, Ten Crises systematically traces the economic historyof China from 1949 to 2020, unravelling the complex domestic and global factorsleading to the cyclical crises identified by WEN and his research team, andexamining the corresponding counteracting policies and measures by thegovernment to resolve or defer the crises. The book offers profound insights intoChina’s endeavours and predicaments on the path of modernization, andcontemplates opportunities and lessons for the forging of alternative trajectoriesnot only for China but also for the global to reconstruct rural communitiesfor integrated cooperation and governance, and to revitalize ecological civilization.

Genres: China, History, Economics

542 pages, Hardcover

Published June 23, 2021

Reviews

[Shuang · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book provides an excellent review of various economic development periods in China since the founding of the country in 1949. I do not have an economics educational background, but I have found this book quite insightful and easy to understand, though I had to google for some terminologies. The authors have really looked closely at what was happening in both urban and primarily rural areas in China during different periods. The analysis and explanation of various incidents and policies implementation were well supported by data, news and research papers. This book is different from other books in the same category. The authors have tried to explain what happened at different times based on reality rather than any particular ideologies or developmental models. I would highly recommend it to people doing comparative studies between China and other countries (especially Western countries) or who are just interested in the economic history of a country that has attracted huge attention in recent decades.