This book examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People's Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses ope

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Examines the many attempts to capitalize on "the last big market in the world" stretching back seven hundred years and includes an analysis of the present unpre

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The era of globalization saw China emerge as the world's manufacturing titan. However, the "made in China" model—with its reliance on cheap labor and thin pro