The Economist, March 10, 2001
Ask what has been the most stunning economic event of the past century, and many people might cite the case of China in the two decades since it opened up (1979). In that time the economy has grown more than fivefold, incomes have quadrupled, and 270 mil
Yet, with a couple more decades‰f hindsight, that achievement might be superseded by what may now be about to happen in the world‰fs most populous country... The coming two decades offer the possibility of an even more extraordinary pace of economic change
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