Yunnan-A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia

A Case Study of China’s Political and Economic Relations with its Neighbours

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic Development, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations
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Author: Tim Summers ISBN: 9780857094452
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publication: May 15, 2013
Imprint: Chandos Publishing Language: English
Author: Tim Summers
ISBN: 9780857094452
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication: May 15, 2013
Imprint: Chandos Publishing
Language: English

The Chinese Government’s five-year strategy for social and economic development to 2015 includes the aim of making the southwestern province of Yunnan a bridgehead for ‘opening the country’ to southeast Asia and south Asia. Yunnan - A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia traces the dynamic process which has led to this policy goal, a process through which Yunnan is being repositioned from a southwestern periphery of the People’s Republic of China to a ‘bridgehead’ between China and its regional neighbours. It shows how this has been expressed in ideas and policy frameworks, involvement in regional institutions, infrastructure development, and changing trade and investment flows, from the 1980s to the present.

Detailing the wider context of the changes in China's global interactions, especially in Asia, the book uses Yunnan's case to demonstrate the extent of provincial agency in global interactions in reform-era China, and provides new insights into both China’s relationships with its Asian neighbours and the increasingly important economic engagement between developing countries.

  • Offers a new perspective on Yunnan
  • Contains historical depth: understanding the background and developments over time means that this ‘China watching’ book will not date quickly
  • Takes a provincial view of China’s international relations
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The Chinese Government’s five-year strategy for social and economic development to 2015 includes the aim of making the southwestern province of Yunnan a bridgehead for ‘opening the country’ to southeast Asia and south Asia. Yunnan - A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia traces the dynamic process which has led to this policy goal, a process through which Yunnan is being repositioned from a southwestern periphery of the People’s Republic of China to a ‘bridgehead’ between China and its regional neighbours. It shows how this has been expressed in ideas and policy frameworks, involvement in regional institutions, infrastructure development, and changing trade and investment flows, from the 1980s to the present.

Detailing the wider context of the changes in China's global interactions, especially in Asia, the book uses Yunnan's case to demonstrate the extent of provincial agency in global interactions in reform-era China, and provides new insights into both China’s relationships with its Asian neighbours and the increasingly important economic engagement between developing countries.

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