The China Development Model

China has spent roughly three decades overhauling its economy at a remarkably fast pace. Like any nation going through such a period, it faces a delicate moment of transformation. The growth model that has carried it forward looks well suited to current economic demands, yet the government's reform agenda is drawing resistance both inside the ruling Party and across wider society. Rising nationalism is also straining ties with neighbouring countries and complicating Beijing's bid for leadership in the region. After the global financial crisis, China became the world's second-largest economy and is expected to pass the United States. That same crisis exposed how dependent its growth is on developed markets, and how its rate of expansion has been slowing. The model is now moving into the country's social and political institutions at its core. The book examines the many forces shaping this model and how far its effects reach beyond China.