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showerst · 2010-01-15 · Original thread
For those looking for actual economic policy history and statistics, I suggest Barry Naughton's excellent "The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth" http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Economy-Transitions-Growth/dp/...

It's a textbook, but extremely readable and full of interesting history, as well as modern stats and tables.

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