Fortifying China : The Struggle to Build a Modern Defense Economy

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Bridging the Civil-Military Technological Divide in the Information Age -- Integrating the Civilian and Defense Economies -- China's Enduring Quest for Wealth and Military Power -- The National Innovation Systems Framework -- Examining the Defense Economy through the NIS Prism -- Understanding How Defense Technological Innovation Takes Place -- 2. Innovation and Stagnation during the Maoist Era -- The Building of the Conventional and Strategic Weapons Bases -- The Defense Economy's Relationship with the Maoist NIS -- The Setup of the Conventional and Strategic Weapons Systems -- The Floundering of the Conventional Defense Industrial System -- Barriers to Conventional Weapons Innovation -- The Flourishing of the Strategic Weapons System -- The Consolidation of the Defense Economy in the Late 1970s -- 3. The Eclipse of the Defense Economy under Deng Xiaoping -- The Defense Economy and Its Relationship with the NIS in the 1980s -- Defense Conversion -- The Impact of Conversion on the Defense Economy -- Successes and Drawbacks of Conversion -- The Struggle to Overhaul the Legacy Defense Industrial Base -- Key Activities of the System -- The State of the Defense Economy by the Late 1990s -- 4. The Revival of the Defense Economy in the Twenty-first Century -- Setting the Stage for Bold Reforms -- The Relationship between the Defense and National Innovation Systems -- Reform and Consolidation Begin -- Key Activities of the Rejuvenated Defense Innovation System -- The Prospects for Catching Up and Leapfrogging -- 5. Building a Dual-Use Economy -- From Defense Conversion to Dual Use and Spin-On -- Defining the Yujun Yumin Dual-Use Economy -- Chinese Approaches to Civil-Military Integration and Spin-On -- Building Linkages between the Civilian and Defense Economies.