Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

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1. China's New Urbanization Strategy

   By China Development Research Foundation

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Urbanization is one of the major challenges facing China. Of China’s 1.3 billion people, around half still live in rural areas. There has been huge migration from rural areas to cities in recent years, a trend that is likely to continue strong for some time. The strains that this vast migration...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Globalization, Competition and Growth in China

   Edited by Jian Chen, Shujie Yao

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Presenting original work and new thinking on a wide range of important issues, the book explores the current state of globalization, competition and growth in China. China has produced an economic miracle since the late 1970s in its transition from a planned to a market economy. This...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Catch-Up and Competitiveness in China

   The Case of Large Firms in the Oil Industry

   By Jin Zhang

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   This book examines the role of corporate structure, including the role of corporate headquarters, in the success of large firms. It considers these issues in relation to large global corporations, thereby providing a 'benchmark', which is then used as a contrast in a discussion of...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Theory of the Firm and Chinese Enterprise Reform

   The Case of China International Trust and Investment Corporation

   By Xiao Qin

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Changes to corporate structure, including the role of the corporate headquarters, have been key factors in bringing about economic reform in China. In this penetrating and insightful book, Xiao questions the conventional theory of the firm, arguing that the ultimate goal of the headquarters of...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty in Urban China

   Edited by Hiroshi Sato, Shi Li

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring. Though the scale of the problem is huge, very few studies have examined the changes in income inequality in the late 1990s due to a lack of data on...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Global Big Business and the Chinese Brewing Industry

   By Yuantao Guo

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   From the 1970s to the 1990s, China implemented a wide array of industrial policies to build up indigenous big business groups in their attempts to ‘catch-up’ with the industries of the developed world. With its entry into the WTO, China is under huge pressure to pursue the market-friendly policies...

   Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. Globalisation, Transition and Development in China

   The Case of the Coal Industry

   By Rui Huaichuan

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Based on extensive original research, Globalisation, Transition and Development in China explains China's development strategy and its underlying forces, and the success of this strategy. It examines China's gradualist approach which emphasizes development first and regards transition and...

   Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
8. Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty Reduction in Contemporary China

   By Shujie Yao

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   China has experienced over a quarter century of rapid economic growth, which has had a phenomenal impact on the global economy. Entering into the twenty-first century implies that China has begun a new phase of economic and social development. Yao reviews the economic development history...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. China's Economic Relations with the West and Japan, 1949-1979

   Grain, Trade and Diplomacy

   By Chad Mitcham

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   During the period 1949 to 1979, communist China was officially pursuing a policy of self-sufficiency, and the United States and its allies were officially implementing a trade embargo against communist China. However, this book, based on extensive original research, demonstrates that China was...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
10. China and the Global Financial Crisis

    A Comparison with Europe

    Edited by Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Jean-François Di Meglio, Xavier Richet

    Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

    This book examines China’s response to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, and the resulting new status acquired by China within the international economy. It considers the things China did to weather the crisis, discussing the stimulus package put in place by China and how China’s banks coped,...

    Published July 4th 2012 by Routledge