具体描述
1997 was truly an eventful year for China, with many momentous happenings. In February of that year Deng Xiaoping passed away, thus marking the end of an era, the post-Deng Chinese leadership under Jiang Zeming had to mobilise great efforts to ensure the smooth resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong on June 30. This was then followed by intensive preparation for the holding of the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in September, which set national priorities for China's medium- and long-term development as well as decided on the core team of younger leaders responsible for leading China into the 21st century. China is in the midst of great political, economic and social changes, which will intensify each other on account of their speed and scale. History has never before witnessed such a huge country as China industrialising and transforming itself so rapidly and so extensively. Accordingly, China's success or failure in its domestic development carries serious regional and international implications. There is still a great deal of uncertainty as to how soon in the next century China will become the world's most powerful economy. But what is happening in China today has already impinged on many aspects of life for people in the Asia-Pacific region, either in terms of growing trade and investment opportunities from China or in terms of regional security. This volume is largely based on public lectures and seminars papers by academic visitors and scholars at the East Asian Institute. Each has been written as a self-contained piece by a China expert, but presented primarily with non-specialist readers in mind.
作者简介
Wang Gungwu is the Chairman of the East Asian Institute and University Professor, National University of Singapore. He is also Emeritus Professor of the Australian National University.
His books since 2000 include, in English: The Chinese Overseas: From Earthbound China to the Quest for Autonomy (2000); Don't Leave Home: Migration and the Chinese (2001); Anglo-Chinese Encounters since 1800: War, Trade, Science and Governance (2003); Diasporic Chinese Ventures. Edited by Gregor Benton and Liu Hong (2004); Divided China: Preparing for Reunification, 883-947 (2007).
Those in Chinese include 海外华人研究的大视野与新方向:王赓武教授论文集 Edited by Liu Hong and Huang Jianli (New Directions in Research on the Chinese Overseas, 2002); 王赓武自选集 (Selected Works, 2002); 移民及兴起的中国 (Migrants and China's Rise, 2005); and 离乡别土：境外看中华. (China and Its Cultures: From the Periphery, 2007). He also published in Japanese: 中华文明と中国のゆくえ (Chinese Civilization and China's Road Ahead, 2007).
John Wong is currently the Professorial Fellow of the East Asian Institute (EAI). He was formerly the Research Director of EAI (1997-2009). He was the Director of the Institute of East Asian Political Economy (IEAPE), Singapore (1990-96). Prior to this, he taught Economics at the University of Hong Kong (1966-71) and then the NUS (1971-1990). He also taught briefly at Florida State University as a Fulbright Visiting Professor. He had visiting appointments with Harvard's Fairbank Center, Yale's Economic Growth Center, Oxford's St. Antony College, and Stanford University. In 1996, he held the Chair of ASEAN Studies at the University of Toronto.
He did consultancy work for the Singapore government and many international organizations including UN ESCAP, ADB, UNIDO, and APO. He serves as an editorial board member of many learned journals on Asian studies and economic development.
He has written and edited over 28 books, and published numerous articles and papers in learned journals on the development of China and other East Asian economies, including ASEAN. He obtained his Ph.D. from London in 1966.
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这本书的深度和广度完全超出了我的预期，拿到手的时候，我就被它扎实的理论框架和丰富的案例分析所吸引。作者在梳理宏观经济政策演变脉络时，那种抽丝剥茧的逻辑清晰度，简直让人拍案叫绝。尤其是在探讨市场化改革的深水区时，那种对既得利益集团博弈的细致刻画，让我深刻理解了政策制定的复杂性，远非教科书上那种理想化的描述可以比拟。书中对地方政府间竞争的分析尤其精彩，它不仅仅停留在经济效率的层面，更触及了政治激励的底层逻辑，这种跨学科的视角极大地拓宽了我理解中国经济运行的思维模式。我特别欣赏作者没有陷入非黑即白的简单二元对立，而是努力去揭示制度变迁中的灰色地带和权衡取舍，这使得整本书的论述既具有学术的严谨性，又充满了现实的关怀，读完后，感觉自己对这个复杂系统的运行机制有了更深一层的洞察力，简直是研究当代中国发展问题的必备参考书。
