Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978–1993

Introductory Preface Introduction 1. The command economy and the China difference Phase One. The Bird in the Cage, 1979-1983: 2. Crisis and response: initial reorientation of the economy 3. State sector reforms 4. Growth of the non-state sector Phase Two. Reforms Take Off, 1984-1988: 5. Reformulation and debate: the turning point of 1984 6. The second phase of reform 7. Rapid growth and macroeconomic imbalance Phase Three. To a Market Economy: 8. The post-Tiananmen cycle of retrenchment and renewed reform 9. Conclusion.