Synopsis:
The breathtaking economic progress in China for the past two decades has not pleased all 1.3 billion Chinese. It has created a disparity between the east-coast areas and the poverty-stricken west, and such disparity is expected to continue to grow. This special report explains why drawing jobs and foreign investment to the country's interior provinces becomes China's most urgent economic challenges. The chances of success do not look good due to the lack of adequate infrastructure and widespread corruption in the west.

Full-text Article: http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_19/b3680011.htm

Text connection: Chapter 7 "The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment" (pp.219-223).

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