How China Escaped Shock Therapy

This book explores the fierce debates and key decisions that shaped China's unique path to economic reform, highlighting how the country managed a gradual shift that avoided full integration into global neoliberalism. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, it examines the differing strategies among reformers in the 1980s and their lasting impact on China's economic development. Offering an original perspective on Chinese state-market relations, the book reveals the internal and external contestations that continue to influence China's economic model today.