Development Zones (Kāifāqū 开发区)|Kāifāqū 开发区 (Development Zones)
ZHANG Xing Quan Development zones—special areas for international trade and investment, export processing, and technology evolution—are thriving and driving China’s
Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (Shēnzhèn Tèqū 深圳特区)|Shēnzhèn Tèqū 深圳特区 (Shenzhen Special Economic Zone)
Bernhard SELIGER Created as an economic experiment in 1979, the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) was originally intended as a
Consumerism (Xiǎofèizhǔyì 消费主义)|Xiǎofèizhǔyì 消费主义 (Consumerism)
Karl GERTH Chinese shoppers peruse the wares at a mall. Thanks to China’s recent economic boom hundreds of millions of
Taxation and Taxes (Shuìshōu yǔ shuìzhǒng 税收与税种)|Shuìshōu yǔ shuìzhǒng 税收与税种 (Taxation and Taxes)
LI Jinyan and HUANG He China’s tax system is probably the most ancient and, at the same time, the most
Foreign Trade (Zhōngguó zhī duìwài màoyì 中国之对外贸易)|Zhōngguó zhī duìwài màoyì 中国之对外贸易 (Foreign Trade)
Chi Kin LEUNG Advertisements for international companies line this busy street in Hong Kong. PHOTO BY TOM CHRISTENSEN. China is
Trading Patterns, China Seas (Zhōngguó hǎiyù màoyì xíngwéi 中国海域贸易行为)|Zhōngguó hǎiyù màoyì xíngwéi 中国海域贸易行为 (Trading Patterns, China Seas)
Jürgen OSTERHAMMEL Container ship in the South China Sea. For centuries after the arrival of European shipping in East Asia,
Economic System (Zhōngguó de jīngjì zhìdù 中国的经济制度)|Zhōngguó de jīngjì zhìdù 中国的经济制度 (Economic System)
Xiaobo HU In 1978, two years after the death of Chairman Mao and the end of the Cultural Revolution, Deng
Transportation Systems (Yùnshū xìtǒng 运输系统)|Yùnshū xìtǒng 运输系统 (Transportation Systems)
Warwick GULLETT In the last two decades China has built many super highways—but every Chinese wants to own a car
Hong Merchants (Xíngshāng 行商)|Xíngshāng 行商 (Hong Merchants)
Wellington K. K. CHAN A series of factories in Hong Kong in the 1800s. Hong merchants were licensed by the
Southeast Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 (1997 Nián Dōngnányà jīnróng wēijī 1997 年东南亚金融危机)|1997 Nián Dōngnányà jīnróng wēijī 1997 年东南亚金融危机 (Southeast Asian Financial Crisis of 1997)
Curtis ANDRESSEN The Southeast Asian Financial Crisis that began in Thailand and quickly spread to neighboring countries was an example