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Why did it take China more than a century after its defeat in the first Opium War to begin acquiring the fruits of modern technology? To what extent did the rapid economic developments after 1949 depend on features unique to China and to Chinese history and on the socialist reorganization of society? This book deals with these questions.

Chinas Modern Economy in Historical Perspective

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/1975
      ISBN13: 9780804708715, 978-0804708715
      ISBN10: 0804708711
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      Book Synopsis
      Why did it take China more than a century after its defeat in the first Opium War to begin acquiring the fruits of modern technology? To what extent did the rapid economic developments after 1949 depend on features unique to China and to Chinese history and on the socialist reorganization of society? This book deals with these questions.

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