1. The Independent, 14 Nov. 1992.
2. For example, as early as 1986, Dwight H. Perkins already noticed the emergence of China as an economic power in Asia. See D. H. Perkins, China:Asia’s Next Economic Giant? See also N. Lardy, Foreign Trade and Economic Reform in China, 1978–1990; World Bank, The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy; and K. Fukasaku, et al, China’s Long March to an Open Economy, pp. 59–87.
3. Renmin Ribao (overseas edn), 6 Oct. 1994. The statistics are from the State Administration for the Management of State-owned Assets (Guowuyuan Guoyou Zichan Guanliju). They must be treated with caution..
4. Zhongguo Tongji Zhaiyao, 1996 (A Statistical Survey of China, 1996), p. 110; and China Daily, 26 Jan. 1997.
5. Renmin Ribao (overseas edn), 29 Sept. 1994.