Preface - Introduction: Controversial Issues in China's Economic Development - Politics, Population and Economic Change: Reflections on the Causes of Slow Technical Progress in the Chinese Economy of the Early/Mid Qing - China and the World Economy, 1840s-1940s - Assessing Economic Growth in the Asian NICs - Death Rates, Life Expectancy and China's Economic Reforms: A Critique of A.K.Sen (with John Sender) - Why do Famines Occur and How can They be Avoided? A Critique of A.K.Sen with Special Reference to China - Reforming Stalinist Systems: The Chinese Experience - Conclusion - Index