Download or read book Private Business and Economic Reform in China written by Susan Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Party and state documents, Chinese newspaper reports and surveys, the Chinese and Western scholarly literature and the author's own fieldwork, this important study examines the private sector as a case study of the mechanics of reform in China, emphasizing the relationships among local officials, private businesses, and central policy. The book traces the growth of private business in China since 1978 and focuses on the interaction between private sector policy and other reforms and examines how this has affected China's political economy.