For those looking for actual economic policy history and statistics, I suggest Barry Naughton's excellent "The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth" http://w

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/0262640643 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.