1 - Surprise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2024
Summary
Contrary to the prevailing narratives about China’s economic miracle, this chapter lays out the book’s main arguments that the spectacular economic boom lasting four decades was largely unexpected by both Chinese leaders and the world’s leading economists, that China’s age of abundance originated somewhere, and that a set of historical conditions made it possible. It also discusses the data sources used for this project.
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- China's Age of AbundanceOrigins, Ascendance, and Aftermath, pp. 1 - 27Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024