There is growing interest in the assessment of products from a life cycle perspective....

Before the 1990s, China?s telecommunications sector was a lackluster monopoly featured by poor-quality service and inadequate capacity. Today the country boasts a dynamic telecommunications industry with the world?s largest communications network and user-base with over 460 million telephone subscribers. China?...

The China Journal ... readers may find analyses in the book that will enrich their understanding of the western program. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature The strength of this volume is its attempt to get to grips with details of development policy for Western China....