Part One：Chinese Economy in Ancient Times 2
Chapter One Geographic Environment and Its Influences on the Chinese Economy 2
Section 1 Territory,Natural Environment and Geographic Features 4
Section 2 Climate,History and Culture 12
Section 3 Population and Market 21
Chapter Two Rivalry Between the Agricultural Community and the Nomadic Tribes 33
Section 1 The Great Wall：a Division Between the Agricultural Area and the Nomadic Area 35
Section 2 The Imperial China,Controlled Alternately by the Nomadic and Agricultural Nationalities 43
Section 3 Frontier Trades,Tributes,Wars and Plunders 53
Chapter Three A Vital Artery of the Empire：The Grand Canal 66
Section 1 The Separation of Political Center and Economic Center 67
Section 2 How Southern Agriculture Supported Northern Economy 71
Section 3 Water Projects 75
Chapter Four The Once Neglected Marine Trade 104
Section 1 The Pro-agriculture Culture 106
Section 2 State Monopoly,Businessmen and Bandits 117
Section 3 Marine Silk Road,Spread of Chinese Civilization,and Tributary System 135
Part Two：From Qing Dynasty to Republic of China 148
Chapter Five Colonial Chinese Economy 148
Section 1 The Clash Between the Tribute System and Colonization 151
Section 2 Opium,Foreign Capital Inflow and Military Invasions 157
Section 3 Foreign Concessions and Foreign Goods 171
Section 4 Chinese National Capitalists 178
Chapter Six Influence of Wars on the Economy 188
Section 1 Struggle Among Warlords and Its Influence on the Chinese Economy 189
Section 2 World War Ⅰ and the Great Depression 199
Section 3 World War Ⅱ and Its Devastation for China 209
Section 4 The Chinese Civil War and Its Influence on the Chinese Economy 217
Part Three：Economy of the People's Republic of China 224
Chapter Seven Planned Economy and a Painful Transition 224
Section 1 The Soviet Model and Socialist Transformation 225
Section 2 The“Great Leap Forward”and the“Cultural Revolution” 237
Section 3 From Dual System to Special Economic Zones 248
Chapter Eight Rapid Development and Future Challenges 258
Section 1 The Stock and the Housing Markets 259
Section 2 The Shadow of Economic Crisis 267
Section 3 Population and Aging 273
Section 4 The Wealth Gap and Urbanization 282
References 290