China's Economic Transition

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This course provides a comprehensive overview of the Chinese economy and China's role in the world economy. China's current economic challenges will be given particular attention. Topics addressed will include: the Chinese economy before 1949; the socialist era, 1949-1978; economic reform and market transition; the role of state enterprises; the return of private and family business; foreign investment; foreign trade; China's role in the East Asian trade-production network; China's evolving financial system; Chinese monetary and exchange rate policy; China's role in global trade balances; the internationalization of the Yuan; and the current effort to rebalance the Chinese economy from an investment to a consumption economy. 001064