The present document examines the role of social and economic transformation in the process of poverty reduction in China. China's economic growth and poverty reduction over the past 40 years are historically unprecedented both in speed and scale. Between 1978 and 2018 China's economy grew at an...

The lecture reflects upon the nature of Chinese authoritarianism and argues that the core process of political and economic change in China is state-building in the longue durée. In particular, this involves the interaction between the central and the local state. The market is a means to shift...