1. Friedman (2002, p. ix).
2. For details regarding the organizational structure of the CPC, see Shambaugh (2000, pp. 168–173) and regarding the structure of power within the CPC, see Lieberthal and Oksenberg (1990, pp. 135–168).
3. Cited after Prasad (2004, p. 2).
4. See Yusuf et al. (2006, p. 116).
5. The following section on the current structure of the Chinese economy is derived from an OECD survey of China’s business sector and a World Bank survey on China’s ownership transformation. See OECD (2005a, pp. 81 and 135) and Garnaut et al. (2005, pp. 7–8).