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Fault Lines in China’s Economic Terrain
What are the major challenges, fault lines, and potential adversities (these terms are used synonymously), that China’s economic development will encounter over the next decade? How severely will China’s overall economic performance be affected if these adversities occur separately or in clusters? This book addresses these key questions. China has confronted in the past two decades five of the eight fault lines that the authors consider (unemployment, corruption, water resources, HIV/AIDS, and financial fragility), and, nonetheless, it has sustained high rates of economic growth. Therefore, in assessing the potential effects of these fault lines on China’s future economic performance, the authors focus on whether, why, and by how much their intensities may increase — that is, on changes, rather than on the prevailing levels of each fault line. For the other three fault lines examined, which have not previously occurred or recurred — oil price shocks, foreign-direct-investment shrinkage, and serious military conflicts-the authors consider the circumstances under which they might arise and their resulting economic effects.
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Contents
Summary PDF
All Prefatory Materials PDF
Chapter One:
Potential Adversities Confronting China's Continued Economic Growth PDF
Part I: China's Institutional and Structural Fault Lines
Chapter Two:
Massive Unemployment and Rural Poverty PDF
Chapter Three:
Economic Effects of Corruption PDF
Part II: Sectoral Fault Lines
Chapter Four:
Epidemic Disease: A Wild Card in China's Economic Future? PDF
Chapter Five:
Water Resources and Pollution PDF
Chapter Six:
GDP Effects of an Energy Price Shock PDF
Part III: Financial Fault Lines
Chapter Seven:
China's Fragile Financial System and the State-Owned Enterprises PDF
Chapter Eight:
Possible Shrinkage of Foreign Capital Inflows PDF
Part IV: Security Fault Lines
Chapter Nine:
Taiwan and Other Potential Conflicts PDF
Chapter Ten:
Conclusions: Fault Lines in China's Economic Terrain PDF
Supplementary Materials PDF
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