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To many people, China is a rising world power and may even overtake the United States in GNP by or before the middle of the twenty-first century. Yet after two decades of reform and the open door policy, many problems became apparent. Many are related to the policy formulation and implementation process, but a significant proportion of problems are institutional, caused by inherent contradictions within the Chinese political and economic systems. The objective of this book is to analyze some of the political, economic, and social problems and issues confronted by Chinese leaders.