Global Economic Stratification and the Evolving Role of China in the Developing World This thesis examines global … inequality through the lens of global economic stratification and explores how China's upward mobility has affected both the … emphasis on interactions within the modern capitalist world-system. Findings are as follows: a) China's movement into the …

Central Asia -- China in South Asia -- China in the Middle East -- China in Africa -- China in Latin America and the Caribbean …Since its establishment in 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has viewed itself as an underdeveloped country … continue to insist China is a developing country. In the initial stages of reform and opening, China's relations with the …

This co-edited book focuses on China's increasing engagement with many of the less developed countries …-particularly those in Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East-and explores the current and future trends …