CHINA: ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT Edited by Ashok Mitra During the past decade or so China has made adjustments in both the theory and practice of socialism while grappling with problems of developments. The consequences of these new experiments are still not clear to many and therefore a sense of bafflement persists in assessing their quality and content. The articles in this volume arc in the nature of comments by a number of Indian social scientists on aspects of the recent socio-political and economic developments in China. Most of the contributors have visited China in the recent period. The list of contents given below gives an idea of the areas covered. Important data not easily available elsewhere are presented in support of targu-ments that are ideologically differentiated. The heterogeneity in impressions is perhaps inevitable given the nature of unfolding events in China. The volume is of value in that it presents a set of expert views on how China is doing today, the directions she is likely to take in the near future, and the problems she might have to encounter in that process. Introduction Ashok Mitra Demographic Trends and Population Policy in China Pravin Visaria Economic Reform in China: Some Observations A. Vaidyanathan Three Communes and a Production Brigade: The Contract Responsibility System in China Utsa Patnaik Economic Change in China: Some Impressions K.S. Krishnaswamy The External Sector in Chinese Economic Development Deepak Nayyar National and Local Level Planning: China, the USSR, India N.K. Chandra China's Policy Towards Her Minority Nationalities Liu Xingwu & Alatan A'Candidate Superpower* among the 'Filthy Swines*: Emergence of China in World Politics G.P. Deshpande Experiments in Socialist Practice: Some Impressions of China Malini Bhattacharya xii-t-181 pp. Royal octavo Rs 120 Published in 1988 For copies write to: Tulika Print Communication Services 5/27 Sarvapriya Vihar, New DelhillO 016