Chapter 2 Early Attempts at Industrialization: The Empire and the Republic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Advance Praise for The China Paradox, Second Edition V
3. Advance Praise for The China Paradox, First Edition IX
4. Acknowledgments XIII
5. Contents XV
6. Preface XIX
7. Chapter 1 The Hybrid Development Model at the Heart of a Vibrant New China 1
8. Chapter 2 Early Attempts at Industrialization: The Empire and the Republic 9
9. Chapter 3 The First Decades of the People’s Republic: The Soviet Model . . . and Worse 16
10. Chapter 4 Wrongs are Righted, the Reforms Take Shape 35
11. Chapter 5 What to Do with the State-Owned Enterprises? 50
12. Chapter 6 The Private Economy Emerges Unannounced 74
13. Chapter 7 Huawei: A Private Company Becomes a National Champion 92
14. Chapter 8 Magnet for Foreign Investment 104
15. Chapter 9 Business Models at the Heart of China’s Emergence 130
16. Chapter 10 China’s Friction with the World 174
17. Chapter 11 What Could Disrupt or Sustain the China Paradox? 189
18. Chapter 12 Conclusions 241
19. Endnotes 261
20. List of Figures 277
21. About the Author 279
22. Index 281