Global Giant Is China Changing the Rules of the Game?

This volume contains essays from outsourcing experts that explore the current state China. The essays cover everything from China's rapidly increasing demand for imported energy to global warming to the question of whether China is or is not rapidly becom

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Global Giant Is China Changing the Rules of the Game?

Edited by EVA PAUS, PENELOPE B. PRIME, AND JON WESTERN

GLOBAL GIANT

Copyright © Eva Paus, Penelope B. Prime, and Jon Western, 2009. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-61588-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–0–230–61589–2 (paperback) ISBN 978-0-230-61589-2 ISBN 978-0-230-62268-5 (eBook) DOI. 10.1057/9780230622685 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global giants : is China changing the rules of the game? / edited by Eva Paus, Jon Western, Penelope Prime. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–230–61589–2 1. China—Economic conditions—2000– 2. China—Foreign economic relations. 3. Globalization—China. I. Paus, Eva. II. Western, Jon W., 1963– III. Prime, Penelope B. HC427.95.G555 2009 330.951—dc22

2008050925

A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: June 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents

List of Figures

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List of Tables

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Acknowledgments

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List of Contributors

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Part 1 Context and Connections 1

China Rising: A Global Transformation? Eva Paus, Penelope B. Prime, and Jon Western

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The “Rise” of China: Continuity and Change Jonathan Lipman

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Part 2 The Chinese Dragon: Domestic Challenges 3 China’s Political Trajectory: Internal Contradictions and Inner-Party Democracy Cheng Li 4

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The New Social and Economic Order in Twenty-First Century China: Can the Government Bring a Kinder, Gentler Mode of Development? Christine Wong The Voracious Dragon: Environmental Implications of China’s Rising Energy Consumption Kelly Sims Gallagher

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Part 3 Under the Chinese Shadow: What Future for Developing Countries? 6

China and the Terms of Trade: The Challenge to Development Strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa Raphael Kaplinsky

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7 Latin America and the Rise of China: Possibilities and Obstacles for Development Barbara Hogenboom 8

How China Is Reshaping the Industrial Geography of Southeast Asia Shahid Yusuf

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Part 4 The Rise of China: Geostrategic Implications 9 10

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Fueling the Dragon: China’s Strategic Energy Dilemma Michael T. Klare China’s Domestic Insecurity and Its International Consequences Susan L. Shirk Would There Be Two Tigers Living in the Same Mountain? The Geos