{"product_id":"the-reluctant-dragon-9780295981215","title":"The Reluctant Dragon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChinese 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * China Review International *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Domestic Determinants of Chinese Foreign Economic Policy\u003cbr\u003e Antinomies of Chinese Development, 1949-1958\u003cbr\u003e Neomercantilism versus Self-Sufficiency, 1959-1966\u003cbr\u003e Chaos and the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1971\u003cbr\u003e Resurrecting the Four Modernizations, 1971-1947\u003cbr\u003e The Abbreviated Leftist Response, 1974-1976\u003cbr\u003e The Great Leap Outward, 1977-1979\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Note on Chinese Sources\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: CCP Central Committee and State Council Emergency Directive, 26 October 1959\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: CCP Central Committee Approval of Export Commodity Production Base Establishment, 30 June 1960\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D: CCP Central Committee Emergency Directive on Foreign Trade, 10 August 1960\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400910807383,"sku":"9780295981215","price":58.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-reluctant-dragon-9780295981215","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}