China has undergone dramatic social and economic change since it initiated reform and instigated its opening up policy thirty years ago. As well as great wealth, mass inequalities have also surfaced in China, along with considerable public unease. Such a remarkable transition has occurred within a political system defined by a one-party state that continues to call itself 'communist'. Drawing on case studies from China, Taiwan and post-communist societies in Eastern and Central Europe, Yin-wah Chu explores why socialist China embarks on the capitalist path. She analyzes whether the changes have proved the strength of the entrepreneurial spirit in Chinese society or if they hinged on the success of the global capitalist systems of Hong Kong and Taiwan? Chu also considers whether mainland China and Taiwan have trodden the same path to capitalism or whether their differences in landmass and historical experiences will ultimately lead to the rise of divergent albeit 'Chinese' capitalisms?
1 Chinese Capitalisms: An Introduction by Yin-wah Chu
Pt. I Capitalist China
2 The Spirit of Capitalism in China: Contemporary Meanings of Webers Thought by Chung-hwa Ku
3 State Neo-Liberalism: The Chinese Road to Capitalism by Yin-way Chu and Alvin Y. So
4 Post-revolution Transformations and the Re-emergence of Capitalism in China: Implications for the Internal Organization of Economic Activities by Yi-min Lin
5 Workers in Post-Socialist China: Shattered Rice Bowls, Fragmented Subjectivities by James Hudson and William Hurst and Christian Sorace
Pt. II China's Capitalism in Comparative Perspective
6 Taiwans Industrialisation: The Rise of a Demand-Responsive Economy by Gary G. Hamilton and Cheng-shu Kao
7 Taishang: A Different Kind of Ethnic Chinese Business in Southeast Asia by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and I-Chun Kung and Hong-zen Wang
8 A Spell Breaker: The Dynamism of the Koo Family by Tsai-Man C. Ho and Wenbin Sun
9 Capitalism in China? Comparative Perspectives by Ivan Szelenyi
Pt. III Conclusion
10 Chinese Capitalisms: Concluding Thoughts on their Historical Emergence, Poilitical Implications, and Unique Characteristics by Yin-wah Chu