How was Chinese economic reforms different from Soviet economic reforms post 1980's?

by gyuunuu
DeSoulis

This is something which you could write entire books on, but two key points;

  1. The Chinese reformed their agricultural system first, before industry.

  2. The Chinese started building new industries in rural areas using low cost labor, whereas the Soviets tried to reform -existing- state industries.

If you have any specific questions, I'll be happy to answer them.