China
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Source: CIA World Factbook
China’s Business Environment (from sinomania.com)
China has been an economic powerhouse for much of world history.
Over the past century, as the Chinese struggled to redefine their great nation, the economy of China and business in China suffered greatly.
Since the establishment of the Peoples’s Republic of China in 1949 economic growth has been tremendous. There were, however, extreme setbacks in the 1960s and 1970s as the path of development was debated and the country was split by ideological extremism.
Beginning in 1978 China cautiously embarked upon economic reforms that are ongoing to this day. The reforms are changing China’s centrally-planned form of “state capitalism” to what is now referred to as a “socialist market economy” in the language of China’s political ideology.
Ideological considerations aside, the changes have transformed the country and the lives of the Chinese people. In the brief time since 1978, China has once again emerged a significant economic power and throughout much of China today, business is booming.
China is surprising all analysts, including many on Wall Street, with the continued strong growth and stability of its economy.
There is a distinct possibility that China is experiencing an accelerated growth phase during which its economy, and the standard of living of the majority of its citizens, is increasing exponentially.
China Expat Resources
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The China Opportunity (Wall Street & Technology)
