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The purpose of this paper is to present China as a nation that has gone through several economic phases until it reach a point that has made several consider this country as a promising future power in the region.

While Japan is falling into recession and much of Europe mired in one, greater China has the fastest-growing regional economy in the world. Growth rates in greater China look fantastic by U.S., European or Japanese standards. China today offers a new look and its transformation into a high performing economy is affecting its population. Some think that the reforms are painful but necessary. Priv

Over the past 10 years, China's GDP has grown at an average annual rate of nearly 10%. Some economists have speculated that China could become the world's largest economy at some point in the near future. However, future economic growth will likely depend on the ability of the Chinese government to make significant new reforms. Chinese officials have recently announced major new initiatives to reform money-losing state-owned enterprises and China's banking system. It remains to be seen whether such reforms will be implemented on a wholesale or piecemeal level (Yifu, 1998).

ate sector Chinese leaders hope to increase the pool of middle class. The purging of most of socialism's last vestiges will throw many into a desperate search for work and shelter. The income gap between those with the skills and those without will widen. In spite of it all, China's economy i

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