01027pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002400040245003600064260000900100300001400109362001100123520066500134650002800799650002000827773003400847180718b2009   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMohanty, Manoranjan  aChina's reforms: the Wuxi story  c2009  ap.308-19.  a27 Jun  aBased on a 30-year micro-study of economic reforms in Wuxi city and Hela township, this paper points out that development through political urbanisation the Wuxi way may achieve fast economic growth but has its social, environmental and political costs. it traces the three phases of reforms the region has passed through, attaining a spectacular rise in gross domestic product and household incomes. But later developments have negated some of the achievements of the earlier stages of reform. It proposes that the authorities initiate genuine grass roots democracy so that local people will have the power to decide on matters that affect them. - Reproduced.  aEconomic reform - China  aEconomic reform  aEconomic and Political Weekly