Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Domestic Determinants of Chinese Foreign Economic Policy -- 2. Antinomies of Chinese Development, 1949-1958 -- 3. Neomercantilism versus Self-Sufficiency, 1959-1966 -- 4. Chaos and the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1971 -- 5. Resurrecting the...

Whilst rather modest compared with later changes, the adoption of a more open policy towards the global economy in 1978 marked a fundamental ideological shift that was a pre-requisite for all that was to follow. One of the results is, that the impressive growth of Chinese economy was an...