China Reforms at the Crossroads

China Reforms at the Crossroads:
Political and Social Challenges for Leadership in 2009

Laurence J. Brahm
Author, political economist, and international lawyer

Laurence Brahm served as an advisor to China's leadership on state-owned enterprise reforms throughout the 1990s. He advocated practical solutions to development as alternatives to those espoused by Washington and stood up against "shock therapy." He also advised the central banks of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, guiding them on financial reforms in their transition from socialism.

As a consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Brahm provided a critical review of China's banking system and oversaw the development of a strategy for strengthening industrial enterprises in Anhui Province.

Brahm published more than 20 books on topics including economic development, financial reform and monetary policy in China and Southeast Asia. He is a columnist and commentator on China's changing politics, economics and social issues for Hong Kong's South China Morning Post and for ReviewAsia magazine and was previously the editor of "China Watcher," a daily executive analysis of PRC news relating to law, policy, foreign investment, business, banking and finance.

Since 2002 Brahm has worked in the Himalayan plateau, evolving new models of cultural and eco-tourism development.

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