China's Rise: Strength and Fragility (IIRE Notebooks for Study and Research) - Softcover

Loong Yu, Au

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Synopsis

Answering such questions as What are the social forces behind the rise of China? and Which classes have power?, this collection of lucid and enlightening essays provides a thorough account of the transformation of the Chinese state into authoritarian capitalism. Discussing a variety of issues rarely covered in existing literature, it demonstrates how China, a bureaucratic capitalist state, enjoys all the advantages of state capitalism in promoting both break-neck industrialization and in taking anti-cyclical measures in the midst of the current Great Recession. With a special focus on the workers movement, this compilation offers insight into the problems the Chinese currently face and anticipates future changes.

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About the Author

Au Loong-Yu is a labor researcher based in Hong Kong. He is a founding member of Globalization Monitor, an editorial board member of The Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, and the author of two Chinese language books on China and capitalism, From Bureaucratic Socialism to Bureaucratic Capitalism and The World is Not For Sale. His work has also been published in New Politics and Working USA. Bai Ruixue is an editorial board member of China Labour Net.

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