The global rise of China
By: Alvin Y. So and Yin-wah Chu
Contributors: Chu, Yin-wah
Series: China today series; China today series (Cambridge, England)
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780745664736; 9780745664743
Subjects: Economic policy; Foreign economic relations; Foreign relations
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 world's core economic powerhouses. Exactly how did this Chinese developmental miracle happen? Focusing on the key historical turning point in China's 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." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: the Chinese development miracle. Socialist foundation and the critical transition to state neoliberalism; title: State neoliberalism: the political economy of China's rise; title: Global economic crisis and the deepening of state neoliberalism; title: Part II: challenges of China's global rise. The challenges of catching up: technological upgrading and moving up the value chain; title: The challenges of staying in power; title: The challenges of sustainability: environmental degradation and resource depletion; title: The challenges of global rivalry: resource competition and territorial disputes.