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  • CQY volume 82 Cover and Front matter

  • Journal:
    The China Quarterly / Volume 82 / June 1980
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    17 February 2009, pp. f1-f6
    Print publication:
    June 1980
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  • The China-Watchers Tested

  • Kang Chao
  • Journal:
    The China Quarterly / Volume 81 / March 1980
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    17 February 2009, pp. 97-104
    Print publication:
    March 1980

  • After the severe economic setback in 1959–61 the Chinese Government decided to blackout virtually all economic statistics. The policy was so thoroughly executed for 17 years that during this period China-watchers outside the country were forced to engage in a guessing game to estimate how well the Chinese economy had performed. Through a variety of procedures they derived numerous estimates for important products and major economic indicators. Since most of the estimates differed considerably from each other, people who were interested in the economic development of China and hoped to gather information from the studies of China-watchers often found themselves in a state of deep confusion. They did not know which set of estimates they should accept as representing, or nearly so, the true situation in the country. It is only in recent months that the Chinese authorities haverelaxed their information control, with scattered economic statistics gradually appearing in Chinese newspapers and other publications. Some of these statistics concern current production while others refer to previous economic performance. It is possible now to compare the official figures for early years with the western estimates to see how close they are. In other words, assuming that these official figures are the nearest we shall get to the truth for some time, they give us an opportunity for the first time to rate the performance of the China-watchers.

  • Central Broadcasting and Television University

  • Robert McCormick
  • Journal:
    The China Quarterly / Volume 81 / March 1980
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    17 February 2009, pp. 129-136
    Print publication:
    March 1980

  • In May 1979, while on a private visit to China, I was fortunate to be able to meet staff of the Television University (Zhongyang guangbodianshi daxue). A visit to the Open University in Britain of a delegation from China's Preparatory Committee for a National Audio-Visual Centre made us aware of the establishment of the Television University. Its opening on 6 February 1979 was announced in the Beijing Review and in broadcasts.

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