Author:
Lu, Aiguo.
Imprint:New York : St. Martin's press, 1999.
Description223 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"China's incorporation into the World Trade Organization is attracting much attention. Yet questions concerning China's integration into the world economy are not new. Those wishing to understand the complex issues involved and obtain historical perspective on the current debate would do well to begin with this volume. The author masterfully tells the story of China's long-term efforts to catch up with the West in terms of the struggle between the capitalist core's attempts to incorporate China as a periphery country and China's efforts to avoid being placed at the periphery. Beginning with the Westernization movement of the mid-19th century and continuing through the delinking and self-reliance strategy of the Maoist era and efforts to reintegrate after 1978, Lu traces China's failure to open markets to foreign goods due to poverty, self-sufficiency, and conservatism, its ups and downs in the development of a modern domestic industrial sector, and the scar from its treatment as an inferior by the West. This account helps readers better understand China's approach to the world economy. The background provided in this work must inform the impending debate if the integration process is to succeed." -- Choice review
Note:Recommended as a Choice Outstanding Title
