POL SCI 143A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Egalitarianism, Hukou System, Household-Responsibility System
4 Oct 2017
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December 1978 : 11th plenum of the 8th party congress. Not that many natural resources and arable land relative to population. 2% of population has most of the income. But only 10% are poor by un standards. It is likely about to reach a peak in its population . China has an enormous market potential, even though the per capita income is still very. Difficult for china to have rapid . Previous kmt was so corrupt and hopeless. Carried out the land reforms it had promised. People caught taking bribes got capital punishment. 1956 : china adopts rapid industrialisation policy for self-reliance . But that stopped in the 60s with the sino-soviet dispute. Communist ideology aimed to destroy capitalism and exploitation. All urban enterprises taken over by state. Centrally planned or products economy , no more commodities. Peasants not payed with money, but work points . Crops decided by the ccp, which bought harvest at an official price.
