IR/PS Professors' Works Featured as Best Books on China's Economy
Victor Shih on the Chinese Economy
02/24/2011
Sophie Roell,
The Browser
Barry Naughton's The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth and Susan Shirk's The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China were highlighted as the best books on China's economy.
Victor Shih's selection highlights rising inequality, economic irregularity and political heavy-handedness at the heart of modern China. As its economy blazes on, uncertain times may be looming.
It’s good that you’re covering this topic. Wherever we are in the world, we all now need to understand the Chinese economy.
Yes, and especially some of its more sceptical aspects. Exports from China are still huge. It grew faster than almost any country in the world in 2009 and 2010. A recent calculation suggests its GDP has surpassed the United States on a purchasing power parity basis. But there are weaknesses in the Chinese economy that the educated reader needs to know about.
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Susan Shirk is director of the University of California system-wide Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and Ho Miu Lam professor of China and Pacific Relations at IR/PS.
Barry Naughton can provide commentary on economic reform in Chinese cities (including industry, employment and finance issues), on trade and trade disputes between China and the United States, and on economic interactions among China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
