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Title China as the world factory / edited by Kevin Honglin Zhang
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 280 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 64
Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 64.
Contents China's foreign trade and export boom : 1978-2004 / Kevin Honglin Zhang -- The Pearl River Delta : a world workshop / Qunyang Sun, Larry D. Qiu, and Jie Li -- Developing global competitiveness : the case of Haier Group / Zijie Li and Chen Chen -- Cheap labor and China's export capacity / Yanling Wang -- Made by Taiwan but made in mainland China : the case of IT industry / Chen-yuan Tung -- Japanese FDI in China : trend, structure, and exchange rates / Yuqing Xing -- Foreign competition and productivity of Chinese firms / Bin Xu -- The role of FDI in China's export performance / Kevin Honglin Zhang -- China's increasing openness : threat or opportunity? / Ramesh B. Adhikari and Yongzheng Yang -- China's position and role in WTO / Xingquan Tu -- Policy traps and the linkage between China's financial and foreign exchange systems / Thomas F. Cargill, Federico Guerrero, and Elliott Parker -- FDI and labor reforms in Guangdong Province / Minquan Liu, Luodan Xu, and Liu Liu -- Is China the world factory? / Kevin Honglin Zhang
Summary Few countries have integrated into the world economy as fast - or as dramatically - as China has since 1978. The world's most populous country is emerging as a world workshop and export machine: a visit to a department store in any country will unearth a plethora of goods manufactured in the People's Republic. China is now the world's fourth largest exporting nation. In this important book, Kevin Zhang brings together an international team of contributors to analyze this development process. Taking a thematic approach, the book covers:* manufacturing exports and the world wor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Industries -- China.
Manufacturing industries -- China
Exports -- China
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Exports
Industries
Manufacturing industries
China
Form Electronic book
Author Zhang, Kevin H.
LC no. 2005031244
ISBN 0203799526
9780203799529
9780415701266
0415701260
9786610549030
6610549036