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China as the workshop of the world : an analysis at the national and industry level of China in the international division of labor / Yuning Gao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gao, Yuning.
- Series:
- Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; 43.
- Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial productivity--China.
- Industrial productivity.
- Industrialization--China.
- Industrialization.
- Industries--China.
- Industries.
- China--Commerce.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is China becoming the ""workshop of the world"" in the same way as Britain and the United States once were; or is China - as some multinational companies believe - simply a processing segment in global production networks? This book examines China's role in the international division of labor: it analyzes the scale and scope of China's manufacture; the type and relative sophistication of its exports in the world market; and its position in the global value chain. It shows that China monopolizes industrial production by being the processing center of world.Based on extensive original
- Contents:
- Front Cover; China as the Workshop of the World; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Background, theoretical framework, and literature review; 2. Scale and scope of the "world workshop": China's place in world production; 3. Pattern and sophistication of the "world workshop": China in the world market; 4. The competitiveness of the "world workshop": China's place on the service part of global value chain; 5. Comparative study of three of China's industries in the international manufacturing division; 6. Conclusions
- Appendix 1: The broad economic categoriesAppendix 2: The International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 3; Appendix 3: The Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-66101-1
- 9786613637949
- 0-203-80782-0
- 1-136-66451-3
- 9780203807828
- OCLC:
- 797918922
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