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Book review: Mao’s China and the Sino-Soviet Split: Ideological Dilemma

kleptocracy. At the end of the book, Wedeman makes an innovative comparison between China and the Gilded Age during which the United States experienced widespread economic growth. Research on how the United States moved out of the low equilibrium of corruption in the Progressive Era that followed may shed more light on the Chinese case. Wedeman’s book should be enlightening to scholars engaged in China studies and research on corruption. His elaboration of arguments, comparisons, and case studies is impressive and concise. He also builds his research on extant studies carried out by other prominent scholars on corruption in China, which provide rich material for further research. His arguments are persuasive and backed by a creative use and interpretation of data on corruption. At the same time, the book is highly readable and should prove useful to the general public interested in China and the relationship between corruption and economic growth.