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Book SynopsisSet in the aftermath of China''s entry into the World Trade Organization, Disaggregating China, Inc. questions the extent to which the liberal internationalist promise of membership has been fulfilled in China. Yeling Tan unpacks the policies that various Chinese government actors adopted in response to WTO rules and shows that rather than disciplining the state, WTO entry provoked a divergence of policy responses across different parts of the complex party-state.
Tan argues that these responses draw from three competing strategies of economic governance: market-substituting (directive), market-shaping (developmental), and market-enhancing (regulatory). She uses innovative web-scraping techniques to assemble an original dataset of over 43,000 Chinese industry regulations, identifying policies associated with each strategy. Combining textual analysis with industry data, in-depth case studies, and field interviews with industry representatives and go
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Tan presents a fascinating analysis of how China's adoption of the liberal rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has interacted with the unique features of the country's domestic political economy to shape its development trajectory since WTO accession. [T]he book represents a valuable contribution to the study of Chinese politics, political economy and foreign economic policy.
* China Quarterly *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Integrating China into the Liberal InternationalOrder
1. China's WTO Challenge
2. A Theory of State Strategies under Global Rules
3. The Hierarchical Politics of WTO Entry
4. Explaining the Rise of State Capitalism
5. FDI and the Quest for National Champions
Conclusion: Reassessing China in the WTO Era
