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Series on Contemporary China - Vol. 13

CHINA'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTOR AND THE FORCES OF GLOBALISATION

edited by Elspeth Thomson (National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Jon Sigurdson (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)

China’s booming economy has drawn both admiration and fear from the rest of the world. With its ability to churn out high-quality goods at low prices, China has become known as the “factory of the world”.

To better understand China’s development and modernisation since the 1978 reforms, it is necessary to analyse its policies on importing technologies and developing indigenous ones.

The articles in this volume paint a comprehensive picture of the attempts by the Chinese government to adopt and foster science and technology, the successes of the policies and the continuing challenges.


Contents:

  • Technological Development Challenges in Chinese Industry (C Cao)
  • China’s Regional Variations in Patenting (D Lu & A G Hu)
  • R&D Incentives, Industrial Structure and Technology Transfer in China (P Lin & J A Zhang)
  • Standards and the State: Chinese Technology Policy in an Age of Globalisation (R P Suttmeier & X Yao)
  • The Impact on the Chinese banking Sector of Financing High-Tech Industry (Y Ma)
  • Ningbo and Dalian: Patterns of Science and Technology Development (J Sigurdson)
  • Development of China’s Semiconductor Industry: Prospects and Problems (M Heng)
  • China’s Online News Industry: Control Giving Way to Confucian Turn (J Lagerkvist)


Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students, government officials and diplomats.

250pp Pub. date: Scheduled Summer 2008
ISBN 978-981-277-100-1
981-277-100-X
US$58 / £31


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Updated on 16 May 2008