"China's industrial reform has traditionally been depicted as the dissolution of central party state control and the development of an increasingly open, market-oriented, decentralized system, adhering to the standards of liberal market economy. This book, on the other hand, argues that these...

1. Transition, involution, or evolution : rethinking the political economy of China's industrial reform -- 2. Organized for catching-up : the emergence of China's centralized industrial order -- 3. The making of big business : from industrial ministries to centrally controlled 'national...