Description
Book SynopsisChinese foreign economic policy before 1978 has been considered isolationist and centered on Maoist self-reliance. This title describes the contradictory strategies used by Mao Zedong and other leaders to assert China's absolute self-sufficiency while also striving to modernize the economy and achieve maximum prosperity as rapidly as possible.
Trade Review"I would strongly recommend this book as an introductory text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. . . . Reardon has produced a book that goes a long way in extending the long and fruitful tradition of Chinese foreign policy study through an elite factional lens and incorporating fresh sources."
* China Review International *
"[This book] adds to a growing literature on the nature of factionalism and policy formation within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It sheds new light on the processes by which policy is debated, policy experiments are initiated, knowledge is acquired by the elites, and struggles over future policy are generated."
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Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
The Domestic Determinants of Chinese Foreign Economic Policy
Antinomies of Chinese Development, 1949-1958
Neomercantilism versus Self-Sufficiency, 1959-1966
Chaos and the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1971
Resurrecting the Four Modernizations, 1971-1947
The Abbreviated Leftist Response, 1974-1976
The Great Leap Outward, 1977-1979
Conclusion
Appendix A: Note on Chinese Sources
Appendix B: CCP Central Committee and State Council Emergency Directive, 26 October 1959
Appendix C: CCP Central Committee Approval of Export Commodity Production Base Establishment, 30 June 1960
Appendix D: CCP Central Committee Emergency Directive on Foreign Trade, 10 August 1960
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
