China as a World Factory (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia)

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 workshop* foreign capital and china’s industrial development* challenges from the WTO and openness. This topical analysis will be an excellent resource for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of Asian and Chinese studies, export studies, and economics. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series-Title......Page 3 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Dedication......Page 10 Contents......Page 12 Illustrations......Page 14 Contributors......Page 19 Introduction......Page 24 Part I Export competitiveness......Page 30 1 China’s foreign trade and export boom: 1978–2004......Page 32 2 The Pearl River Delta: A world workshop......Page 50 3 Developing global competitiveness: The case of Haier Group......Page 76 4 Cheap labor and China’s export capacity......Page 92 Part II FDI, trade, and industrial development......Page 106 5 Made by Taiwan but made in mainland China: The case of the IT industry......Page 108 6 Japanese FDI in China: Trend, structure, and exchange rates......Page 133 7 Foreign competition and productivity of Chinese firms......Page 149 8 The role of FDI in China's export performance......Page 162 Part III WTO, exchange rates, and labor markets......Page 180 9 China's increasing openness: Threat if opportunity?......Page 182 10 China’s position and role in the WTO......Page 192 11 Policy traps and the linkage between China's financial and foreign exchange systems......Page 211 12 FDI and labor reforms in Guangdong Province......Page 245 Part IV Concluding remarks......Page 278 13 Is China the world factory?......Page 280 Index......Page 297 Brings together an international team of contributors to analyze how China has grown and developed in order to become one of the largest exporting nations. Taking a thematic approach, the book covers: manufacturing exports and the world workshop; foreign capital and china's industrial development; and challenges from the WTO and openness In this important book, Kevin Zhang brings together an international team of contributors to analyze how China has grown and developed in order to become the world's fourth largest exporting nation. Edited By Kevin Honglin Zhang. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.