This book mobilises the theory of uneven and combined development to uncover the geopolitical economic drivers of China … confounding hybrid of statist and neoliberal forms of capitalism - as the outcome of China’s geopolitical engagement of the USA … geopolitical catastrophe drove China to open its economy, while GPNs enabled China to generate substantial export surpluses which …

"The book discusses these important issues by focusing on China's long-term pattern of growth and employment …, demographic shifts and rural-urban migration, its agricultural trade and local elections, China's banking sector reform and its … fiscal sustainability, China's interaction with the international economy and global imbalances, its industrialisation and …

Preliminary -- Contributors -- 1. China: New engine of world growth -- 2. The impact of SARS -- 3. The travails of …11. China in the world economy: The FTA stategy -- 12. Location determinants and provincial distribution of FDI -- 13 …