This open access handbook Ten Crises systematically traces the economic historyof China from
1949 to 2020 unravelling the complex domestic and global factorsleading to the cyclical crises
identified by WEN and his research team andexamining the corresponding counteracting policies
and measures by thegovernment to resolve or defer the crises. The book offers profound insights
intoChina's endeavours and predicaments on the path of modernization andcontemplates
opportunities and lessons for the forging of alternative trajectoriesnot only for China but
also for the global south: to reconstruct rural communitiesfor integrated cooperation and
governance and to revitalize ecological civilization.
