China at 60 : global-local interactions / editors Chan Lai-Ha, Gerald Chan, Kwan Fung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chan, Lai-Ha.

Chan, Gerald.

Kwan, Fung.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Economic conditions--1949-.

China.

China--Politics and government--1949-.

China--Social conditions--1949-.

China--Foreign relations--1949-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China at 60 explores the interactions between China and the world, over the course of 60 years of Communist Party rule since 1949 and the impact of these interactions on China's domestic development. To understand China's development experience and its tr

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction China at Sixty: Global-Local Interactions Chan Lai-Ha, Gerald Chan, and Kwan Fung; THE NEXUS OF GLOBAL-LOCAL INTERACTIONS; THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE AND CONTINUITY; PLAN OF THE BOOK; LOOKING FORWARD; Chapter 1 Chinese Foreign Policy: Sixty Years On Gerald Chan; SOVEREIGNTY: ABSOLUTE OR RELATIVE?; NON-INTERFERENCE OR CONDITIONAL INTERVENTION?; STATE SECURITY OR HUMAN SECURITY?; WHITHER CHINA'S 'ALLIANCE'? G20, G2, OR G1; Group of 20 = G8 + Emerging Economies?; Third World Solidarity?

Group of Two = China + the U.S.? Group of One = China Bowling Alone? 58; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2 Plumbing the Relevance of 'Independence and Self-Reliance' in Chinese Foreign Policy Ronald C. Keith; THE ORIGINAL CONNOTATIONS OF 'INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-RELIANCE'; CHINA AFTER DENG; CONCLUSION; Chapter 3 China at Sixty: Domestic Politics Ng Ka-Po; SOVEREIGNTY WEIGHS IN; THE REVOLUTIONARY STATE; REFORM AND OPENING; REGIME STABILITY AND INCREASING INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE; BUILDING A 'HARMONIOUS SOCIETY'; CONCLUSION

Chapter 4 Central-Local Relations: Explaining and Anticipating Trends through Processes Linda Chelan LiTRENDS AND TRAJECTORY; Centralisation-Decentralisation, the 1950's-1980's; State and Market, Adjusting Roles, the 1980's-1990's; Demarcating Responsibilities over Public Service Provision, the 2000's Onwards; PROCESSES AND ACTORS; State Building and National Integration; Developmental Efficiency; Central Control over Career Advancement or Local Initiatives?; External Influences and Learning; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 China's Macroeconomy: Global-Local Interactions Kwan Fung

CHINA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH SINCE 1949: AN OVERVIEWFROM COLLECTIVISM TO DE-COLLECTIVISATION; THE GLOBAL-LOCAL INTERACTIONS OF THE PRC MACROECONOMY; Development Strategies; Sources of Growth; CHANGES AND CONTINUITIES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6 China's Foreign Trade: From Self-Reliance to Outward-Orientation Cheng Yuk-Shing; FOREIGN TRADE UNDER MAO; GRADUAL INCREASE IN TRADE OPENNESS SINCE 1979; CHINA'S CHANGING EXPORT STRUCTURE AND INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING; INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION OF CHINA'S EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS AND DISTORTED INCENTIVES; CONCLUSION

Chapter 7 China's Banking Reform: From Mono-Banking to Globalisation Charles C.L. Kwong THE MONO-BANKING SYSTEM, 1949-1978: INTENDED ISOLATION; FROM THE MONO-BANKING TO THE PLURAL-BANKING SYSTEM, 1979-1992; TOWARDS WTO ACCESSION: COMMERCIALISATION AND BAILOUT OF SBs, 1993-2001; The Commercialisation of SBs; The Recapitalisation of the SOCBs; Preparing for Market Liberalisation?; POST-WTO REFORMS: ON THE ROAD TO INTERNATIONALISATION?; CONCLUSION; Chapter 8 The Development of Intellectual Property Law in China Natalie Stoianoff; A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINA'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY

THE INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613234667

9781283234665

1283234661

9789814299305

9814299308

OCLC:

748215447