Purpose – The paper is a pioneering attempt to study the relative competitiveness of Association of South East Asian Nations – ASEAN‐10, 31 provinces of mainland China and 35 states of India by disaggregate approach vis‐à‐vis ranking and simulation studies. Design/methodology/approach...

This paper reviews the changing role of government in China's economic development during the last four decades. It argues that China's outstanding economic performance has been largely caused by draining three “quake lakes” created by the command economy, thus releasing a huge potential...