China's Changing Economy

The Reform Process
Future: The WTO and Political Change in China
By: Minxin Pei
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Prospects For China's Economic Development In the Next 20 Years
By: Shangtong Li & Fan Zhai;
Development Research Center of the State Council, People's Republic of China
China Unicom is Leading a Wave of State Enterprises to Market
from the Financial Times; June 20, 2000

Development of the Information Technology Sector
Future of E-Commerce in China
By: Dieter Ernst & He Jiacheng
Analysis from the East-West Center, October 2000
Piracy main threat to China's growing software industry
from China Online; September 8, 2000

WTO Accession and the Global Trade Community
Summary of U.S.-China Bilateral WTO Agreement
from the White House Office of Public Liason; November 17, 1999
The Global and Domestic Impact of China Joining the World Trade Organization
Development Research Center of the State Council
People's Republic of China, December 1998
The Tortuous Process of Accession
from the Financial Times, September 29, 2000
A Candid Appraisal from U.S. Industry
from the National Bureau of Asian Research, September 1999
News Headlines about China and the WTO
Chinese Foreign Policy Net
Trade Related News and Reports

Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S.
Eagerness and Anxiety
from the Los Angeles Times; September 19, 2000
Brooking's Institute Policy Brief
By: Nicholas Lardy; May, 2000

A Statistical Look At the Sino-U.S. Trade Relationship

The goods deficit with China increased from $7.6 billion in July to $8.6 billion in August. Exports decreased $0.2 billion (primarily transport equipment) to $1.4 billion, while imports increased $0.8 billion (primarily toys, games, and sporting goods; computers and computer products; and electrical machinery) to $10.0 billion.
Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Commerce

A Statistical Difference in the Sino-U.S. Trade Balance

Total Trade Between China and the U.S. 1999-2000
Courtesy of the U.S. Census, Foreign Trade Division

Ecological Considerations
A Harbinger of the Problems Confronting China's Economy and Environment:
the great Chinese shrimp disaster of 1993
from the Journal of Contemporary China, July, 2000