... experience of China, it is at first necessary to consider the state of the country before the PRC was formed, and a brief mention of the events immediately leading up to this time, as these processes are all factors that may have helped contribute to the overall development process chosen by China. The condition of pre-Communist (pre-1949) China can be compared to the situation in many developing countries. Colonial histories are common characteristics of developing countries and China did not escape this period of exploitation. Latin America's colonial history had finished more or less before that of Africa's and Asia's had begun, although China's had a less tangible impact on the country than elsewhere. Years of civil war (another characteristic of underdeveloped nations) between nationalists and communists preceding the formation of the PRC, left China politically, economically, socially and ideologically fragmented (Brugger,1981), on which to build Communist China. In order ...

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