China Deconstructs: Politics, Trade and Regionalism

by David S.G. Goodman (Editor), Gerald Segal (Editor)

Overview

China has experienced the world's fastest economic growth for over a decade. It is likely that within a generation, China will have the world's largest economy. Yet, at the moment when China looks set to regain its former power, serious questions have to be asked about the continuing integrity of China. The challenges posed by economic reform, succession politics, and new forces of political liberalism are compounded by boundary uncertainties, as China adopts a strategy of greater interdependence with the regional and global economy. The writers of this book analyse the factors that might lead to and that might prevent the break-up of China. They provide key data about economic activity and external connections of the major regional forces. Their analysis provides essential reading for those concerned with the prospects for China, and the future stability of East Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134815326
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/11/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

David S.G. Goodman, Gerald Segal

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The politics of regionalism: Economic development, conflict and negotiation, David S.G. Goodman; Chapter 2 'Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated': The history of the death of China, John Fitzgerald; Chapter 3 Reform and the restructuring of central-local relations, Dali L. Yang; Chapter 4 Economic reform and the internal division of labour in China: Production, trade and marketing, Anjali Kumar; Chapter 5 The many worlds of China's provinces: Foreign trade and diversification, Brantly Womack, Guangzhi Zhao; Chapter 6 Guangdong: Greater Hong Kong and the new regionalist future, David S.G. Goodman, Feng Chongyi; Chapter 7 Regionalism in Fujian, Simon Long; Chapter 8 Shanghai and the Lower Yangzi Valley, J.Bruce Jacobs, Lijian Hong; Chapter 9 North China and Russia, Michael B. Yahuda; Chapter 10 Xinjiang: Relations with China and abroad, Peter Ferdinand; Chapter 11 Regional economic integration in Yunnan, Ingrid d'Hooghe; Chapter 12 Deconstructing foreign relations, Gerald Segal;

Editorial Reviews

"Generally well written and accessible, the book will be of interest primarily to China specialists and others working on the political economy of reform in communist and post-communist systems."
-"Contemporary Sociology

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