In 1979, the Chinese government selected to make Chinese communism more open and capitalistic. Under the new leadership of Deng Xiaoping, China revolutionized its policy on fertility and wealth. The government wanted to do more than just equitably divide up wealth; instead, it started focusing on ...

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I. Introduction While working on a draft of this essay, a copy of Chao Xi's [Chinese characters?] new book, Corporate Governance and Legal Reform in China (2009) came across my desk. The existence of such a book, published in English, written for a specialized area of legal practice, is an important marker. Over the past twenty years, Chinese law has undergone a truly astounding metamorphosis. ...

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