This book takes a fresh look at Chinese political economy at a key
inflection point. Facing a more competitive international
environment, Chinese reform has shifted from its earlier focus on
economic liberalization and political decentralization to a more
tightly organized, centralized form of state socialism. The
Party-state's vigorous fiscal reaction to the Global Financial
Crisis (2008-2009) left the country with a much improved
infrastructure and greater sense of national self-assurance. The
more monocratic central leadership has redoubled efforts to fight
poverty and pollution, push technological innovation, and at the
same time rigorously enforce ideological consensus, political
loyalty and anticorruption.This has been occurring in an
international context of slowing trade and nationalist pushback
against 'globalization', prominently including bilateral
Chinese-American polarization. While China has been among the
staunchest advocates and beneficiaries of globalization, incipient
trade war 'decoupling' has spurred movement toward economic and
technological self-reliance. Turning inward however vies with a
rival impulse toward more vigorous engagement in the world. This is
most consequentially represented by the Belt and Road Initiative,
driving massive infrastructure construction through Central Asia
and the South and Southeast Asian maritime periphery. Despite
slowing growth and a large debt overhang, swift recovery from the
Covid-19 epidemic leaves China in a relatively strong economic
position.
General
Imprint: |
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
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Country of origin: |
Singapore |
Series: |
Series on Contemporary China, 49 |
Release date: |
April 2021 |
First published: |
2021 |
Editors: |
Lowell Dittmer
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Dimensions: |
159 x 237 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
408 |
ISBN-13: |
978-981-12-2657-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
Political economy
Promotions
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LSN: |
981-12-2657-1 |
Barcode: |
9789811226571 |
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