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This concise 1999 introduction focuses on China's transition to economic modernisation.

What were the economic roots of modern industrialism? Were labor unions ever effective in raising workers' living standards? Did high levels of taxation in the

China's spectacular rise challenges established economic moulds, both at the national level, with the concept of "state capitalism", and at the firm level, with

Accessible to general readers and full of valuable insights for specialists, China before Mao presents a fresh way of approaching the country's modern history a

Now in a fully updated edition, this accessible text provides a balanced history of modern China in a global context. Through years of living and research in Ch