The Reluctant Dragon: Crisis Cycles in Chinese Foreign Economic Policy

by Lawrence C. Reardon

Overview

Chinese foreign economic policy before 1978 has been considered isolationist and centered on Maoist self-reliance. In this revisionist analysis, the author argues that the dramatic economic reforms initiated by China’s leaders in 1978 were in fact revisions and expansions of policies from the Maoist period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780295803333
Publisher:	University of Washington Press
Publication date:	05/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	369
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lawrence C. Reardon is associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Domestic Determinants of Chinese Foreign Economic Policy

Antinomies of Chinese Development, 1949-1958

Neomercantilism versus Self-Sufficiency, 1959-1966

Chaos and the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1971

Resurrecting the Four Modernizations, 1971-1947

The Abbreviated Leftist Response, 1974-1976

The Great Leap Outward, 1977-1979

Conclusion

Appendix A: Note on Chinese Sources

Appendix B: CCP Central Committee and State Council Emergency Directive, 26 October 1959

Appendix C: CCP Central Committee Approval of Export Commodity Production Base Establishment, 30 June 1960

Appendix D: CCP Central Committee Emergency Directive on Foreign Trade, 10 August 1960

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

What People are Saying About This

Nicholas R. Lardy

"Far and away the most comprehensive and detailed account of China’s foreign economic policy making. . . . The range of primary source materials discovered and used in this study is truly incredible."

Editorial Reviews

"[This book] adds to a growing literature on the nature of factionalism and policy formation within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It sheds new light on the processes by which policy is debated, policy experiments are initiated, knowledge is acquired by the elites, and struggles over future policy are generated."

Choice

"I would strongly recommend this book as an introductory text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. . . . Reardon has produced a book that goes a long way in extending the long and fruitful tradition of Chinese foreign policy study through an elite factional lens and incorporating fresh sources."

China Review International

"I would strongly recommend this book as an introductory text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. . . . Reardon has produced a book that goes a long way in extending the long and fruitful tradition of Chinese foreign policy study through an elite factional lens and incorporating fresh sources."—China Review International

"[This book] adds to a growing literature on the nature of factionalism and policy formation within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It sheds new light on the processes by which policy is debated, policy experiments are initiated, knowledge is acquired by the elites, and struggles over future policy are generated."—Choice

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