| Abstract | The Economist Intelligence Unit predicts that over the next five years to 2001 the Chinese economy will grow annually which will push per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up. With the economy giving the government little cause for concern, China's leadership should feel reasonably secure that it is delivering the material goods required to keep the Chinese people content, and so maintain its legitimacy. This rests on two assumptions: China's political leadership is secure after Deng Xiaoping's death and that its economy will continue to grow at a fast rate. |
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