Ho-fung Hung is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.

• PrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: The Three Transformations of Global CapitalismChapter 2. China's Market Economy in the Long RunChapter 3. Rethinking the Chinese Developmental MiracleChapter 4. Big Suppliers in Greater China: A Growing Counterweight to the Power of Giant RetailersChapter 5. The "Rise of China" and the Changing World Income DistributionChapter 6. China's Economic Ascent and Japan's Raw-Materials PeripheriesChapter 7. Sino-Russian Geoeconomic Integration: An Alternative to Chinese Hegemony on a Shrinking PlanetChapter 8. China and the U.S. Labor MovementChapter 9. China as an Emerging Epicenter of World Labor UnrestChapter 10. A Caveat: Is the Rise of China Sustainable?List of ContributorsIndex

This volume is a significant, timely contribution to the discussion of China's role in the world economy... Not only a must read for those studying the Chinese economy, this book will likely be welcomed and debated by observers of capitalist development on the world stage. Essential. Choice 2010 This volume is a rare and important contribution to understanding China's rise in the context of global capitalism. Despite the questions raised, this reviewer enjoyed reading all the chapters and learned much from each author who contributed to this excellent collection. The volume is a must read for anyone who is intrigued by China's past and its contemporary role in the global system. -- Lu Zheng Contemporary Sociology 2010 Ho-fung Hung... provides an excellent short background on the start of China's economic miracle, and then evolves into providing an eye-opening view of the current status of important Chinese clothes and shoe manufacturers. -- Loyd E. Eskildson Basil and Spice 2010

Ho-fung Hung is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.

• PrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: The Three Transformations of Global CapitalismChapter 2. China's Market Economy in the Long RunChapter 3. Rethinking the Chinese Developmental MiracleChapter 4. Big Suppliers in Greater China: A Growing Counterweight to the Power of Giant RetailersChapter 5. The "Rise of China" and the Changing World Income DistributionChapter 6. China's Economic Ascent and Japan's Raw-Materials PeripheriesChapter 7. Sino-Russian Geoeconomic Integration: An Alternative to Chinese Hegemony on a Shrinking PlanetChapter 8. China and the U.S. Labor MovementChapter 9. China as an Emerging Epicenter of World Labor UnrestChapter 10. A Caveat: Is the Rise of China Sustainable?List of ContributorsIndex

This volume is a significant, timely contribution to the discussion of China's role in the world economy... Not only a must read for those studying the Chinese economy, this book will likely be welcomed and debated by observers of capitalist development on the world stage. Essential. Choice 2010 This volume is a rare and important contribution to understanding China's rise in the context of global capitalism. Despite the questions raised, this reviewer enjoyed reading all the chapters and learned much from each author who contributed to this excellent collection. The volume is a must read for anyone who is intrigued by China's past and its contemporary role in the global system. -- Lu Zheng Contemporary Sociology 2010 Ho-fung Hung... provides an excellent short background on the start of China's economic miracle, and then evolves into providing an eye-opening view of the current status of important Chinese clothes and shoe manufacturers. -- Loyd E. Eskildson Basil and Spice 2010

Ho-fung Hung is an assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University.

• PrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: The Three Transformations of Global CapitalismChapter 2. China's Market Economy in the Long RunChapter 3. Rethinking the Chinese Developmental MiracleChapter 4. Big Suppliers in Greater China: A Growing Counterweight to the Power of Giant RetailersChapter 5. The "Rise of China" and the Changing World Income DistributionChapter 6. China's Economic Ascent and Japan's Raw-Materials PeripheriesChapter 7. Sino-Russian Geoeconomic Integration: An Alternative to Chinese Hegemony on a Shrinking PlanetChapter 8. China and the U.S. Labor MovementChapter 9. China as an Emerging Epicenter of World Labor UnrestChapter 10. A Caveat: Is the Rise of China Sustainable?List of ContributorsIndex

This volume is a significant, timely contribution to the discussion of China's role in the world economy... Not only a must read for those studying the Chinese economy, this book will likely be welcomed and debated by observers of capitalist development on the world stage. Essential. Choice 2010 This volume is a rare and important contribution to understanding China's rise in the context of global capitalism. Despite the questions raised, this reviewer enjoyed reading all the chapters and learned much from each author who contributed to this excellent collection. The volume is a must read for anyone who is intrigued by China's past and its contemporary role in the global system. -- Lu Zheng Contemporary Sociology 2010 Ho-fung Hung... provides an excellent short background on the start of China's economic miracle, and then evolves into providing an eye-opening view of the current status of important Chinese clothes and shoe manufacturers. -- Loyd E. Eskildson Basil and Spice 2010