Chinese economy C.1

China, the world's most populous country, is destined to play an increas ingly important role in international relations. The character of that role will depend very largely on the nation's eco nomic framework. Solomon Adler has written the first authoritative descrip tion in English of the economic system which is emerging from the Chinese revolution. He supplies the insight needed to put the new China into proper perspective. At a time when United States policy toward China and the Far East is in process of redefinition, this is an extraordinarily important book.

Mr. Adler's analysis includes chapters on Chinese resources, recent economic progress, industrialization and planning, the first five-year plan, agriculture, transportation and commerce, finance, living conditions and education, and foreign trade. The appendices provide statistical tables and extracts from the Common Programme and the Constitu tion.