Warlords, State Failures, and the Rise of Communism in China
This paper documents that the spread of communism in China was partly caused by state failures in the early 20th century. It finds that famines became more frequent after China fell into warlord fragmentation, especially for prefectures with less r...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/245461629729426131/Warlords-State-Failures-and-the-Rise-of-Communism-in-China http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36197 |