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compares China's development path (1).

Mon 2009-12-21 19:22 EST

china study group >> Blog Archive >> America's Head Servant? The PRC's Dilemma in the Global Crisis

New Left Review has just published an article by Ho-fung Hung that: * sketches a history of the trade dependence of China on the US; * compares China to other industrializing East Asian countries and finds China an outlier, largely based on what Hung calls the urban bias of the Chinese state... Discuss!

America's Head Servant; blogs Archive; china study group; Global Crisis; PRC's Dilemma.

Mon 2009-12-21 18:29 EST

China's Economy: Decoupling from what? - Drorism*

One of the most popular memes repeated by mainstream media since the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year is the idea that China will manage to avoid the consequences economic downturn by shifting from an export-based economy to one based on local consumption...the "decoupling" theory proved to be false: The downturn in the developed world had a significant impact on China's economic well-being, causing a dramatic rise in unemployment and a sharp slowdown in economic growth...A new study published by Professor Hung Ho-fung...compares China's development path to that of other Asian economies, including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. It provides a concise summary of political and economic events in East-Asia since World War II as well as some colorful predictions and recommendations...

China s Economy; decoupled; Drorism.

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