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Development Economics
International Economics
**zu Wang
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Conclusion
Ten years have elapsed since the Chinese government adopted a policy of open orientation towards the world economy. During that period a sea change in its export sector has taken place. In striking contrast to...
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Introduction
This book examines China’s export policies and performance in the post-1978 period. In the light of China’s experience, it is deeply critical of the Stalinist model, which is characterised by extreme hostility...
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Macro-performance of China’s Export Sector
This chapter analyses the macro-performance of the Chinese export sector since 1979 in the light of the changes in China’s export policy observed in the preceding chapter. By examining carefully China’s aggreg...
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Development of China’s Electronic Exports
This chapter examines the export performance of the Chinese electronics industry since 1979 in relation to the trends, commodity composition, market structure and the competitiveness of the electronic exports,...
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Historical Overview of China’s Exports
The assessment of China’s exports in the post-1978 period, which forms the heart of this book, can be best seen if put in the context of its historical development in export trade. While China’s export policie...
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Policy for Export Promotion in Post-1978 China
The world economy, and especially the economies of most developed countries, was in a state of recession, followed by a weak recovery, during the period between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s. As this caused...
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Expansion of China’s Textile Exports
Textiles have been one of the most important commodities in China’s export trade for a long time.1 As far back as the mid-seventeenth century, Jiangnan of China was already the world’s largest producer and export...
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Changes in Chinese Trade Theory since 1979
Mao’s death and the subsequent purge of the ‘Gang of Four’ in late 1976 caused an immediate change in Chinese society. As Hua Guofeng’s government declared the conclusion of the Cultural Revolution and increas...
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The Arab Economies, the Uruguay Round Predicament, and the European Union Wildcard
These are revolutionary times in the global economy. The lives of workers in different parts of the world are increasingly intertwined. The embrace of market–based development strategies by many develo** and...
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The Impact of Foreign Trade on the Economic Growth of Shanghai
The role of international trade in the process of economic development has long interested economists.1 Numerous empirical studies have been conducted to determine this relationship, but little has been said abou...
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Macroeconomic Adjustments and the Real Economy in Korea and Malaysia Since 1997
The financial crisis that broke out in Thailand in July 1997 and then spread to other parts of East Asia brought about a deep recession, causing a sharp decline in living standards, rising unemployment, indust...
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The World Trade Organization, Hospital Reform and Health Service Provision in China
At the time of writing, health provision is the central social concern in China, and the complexity of the issue presents a direct threat to the cohesion of the Chinese social fabric and political discourse. T...
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China’s Health Care System at a Crossroads in the World Trade Organization Framework
After fifteen years of negotiations, China finally became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001 in the WTO’s fourth round of ministerial meetings in Doha, Qatar. It was a hist...
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The Global Pharmaceutical Industry and China’s Position
Discussions of China’s pharmaceutical industry in the WTO framework cannot be separated from an analysis of the global pharmaceutical industry. The global pharmaceutical industry has never played a more import...
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The World Trade Organization and China’s Health Insurance Sector
It has been widely recognized that both opportunities and threats exist for develo** countries in the globalization of health goods and health services in the WTO framework, yet the positives of opening up t...
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The World Trade Organization, and the Present and Future of China’s Pharmaceutical Industry
China’s pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a period of high growth, in which global stakeholders have played an important role. The WTO framework has opened up new opportunities and challenges for the sta...
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The World Trade Organization, Challenges and Opportunities for China’s Heath Care System
The beginning of the twenty-first century has witnessed major events in China’s health care system, such as the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, SARS, avian influenza, environmental disasters, and an increasing incidenc...
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Regional and Multilateral Efforts: Institution-Building
Develo** countries are vulnerable to external economic volatilities. To accelerate economic growth, most develo** countries have opened their economies to the world. Trade contributes to fostering domestic...
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Is the Relationship between Inward FDI and Spillover Effects Linear? An Empirical Examination of the Case of China
This paper finds evidence for the coexistence within Chinese manufacturing industry of both curvilinear and linear relationships between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and the productivity of locally o...
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The Innovation of SMEs and Development of Industrial Clusters in China
During the 1980s and 1990s, develo** countries obtained more market share for some labour-intensive products than developed countries because of cost advantages. Subsequently, many export-oriented industrial...
