ABSTRACT

WhenaskedtoreviewsomeofthesubjectmatterinPartIIofthis volume,aChineseofficialexpressedconcernthatthematerial chosenwastoocriticalofChina.Ofcourse,thiscommentis predictableandeven,perhaps,ajobrequirement.Nonetheless, theaveragereadermightgettheimpressionthattheChinese marketisimpenetrableandthatthegovernmentofChinaispursuinganunambiguouslymercantilistpolicythatthreatensthe worldeconomy.