Download or read book How China Opened Its Door written by Susan L. Shirk and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts how China ended its policies of economic isolationism and rejoined the world economy. Shirk (director, U. of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation) describes how China's transformation was achieved without a major alteration in the country's communist political system, and why such a turn-around was possible there but not in the Soviet Union. Topics include China's political institutions, patterns in reform policies, and the challenges of deeper economic integration. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR