This book is a comprehensive, balanced and realistic assessment of China's financial reform program and future … financial liberalization, the authors examine the impact of financial reform on economic development in China during the reform … therefore, allow more informed future policy choices for both China and other developing and transitional countries …

European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised … -- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6 …

"Offering a fresh analysis of late imperial China, this cutting-edge book revisits the roles played by merchant … networks, economic institutions, and business practices in the divergence between Europe and China during the trade revolution … practices, partnerships, and investment strategies, chapters portray the three central figures of China's economy - the …

Financial reform has been a major concern for China's transitional economy - especially in the realms of banking and … the process of institutional transformation, and demonstrates that they are now facing severe challenges as well as … opportunities. The relationships between the market structure, behavior and performance of China's banking and insurance industries …

Before the 1990s, China's telecommunications sector was a lacklustre monopoly featured by poor-quality service and … network and user-base with over 460 million telephone subscribers. China's accession to the WTO in 2001 has opened this huge … experience in building up its extensive telecommunications network in merely a decade, by reviewing China's national industrial …