num_pages: 242
description: This book sets out to unravel and explain the puzzle of the global rise of China: how in just forty years China has been quickly transformed from a poor backward third-world country to one of the worlds core economic powerhouses. Exactly how did this Chinese developmental miracle happen?Focusing on the key historical turning point in Chinas post-socialist development the book examines the complex processes through which China interacted with the global neoliberal project of the late twentieth century. Alvin Y. So and Yin-Wah Chu reveal the centrality of the communist party-state in propelling China onto the world scene and how it has successfully responded to the developmental challenges of technological upgrading environmental degradation inter-state rivalry and maintaining its power.This book provides a comprehensive and insightful study of the rise of China not solely from an economic social and political perspective but also from a global and historical perspective. It will be an invaluable guide for students and non-specialists interested in post-socialist development and the global rise of China in the twenty-first century.
language: English
title: The Global Rise of China
publisher: Polity