China in the Local and Global Economy

Steven Brakman is Professor of International Economics at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.Charles van Marrewijk is Professor of Economics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.Peter J. Morgan is Senior Consultant for Research at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Japan.Nimesh Salike is Associate Professor of Economics at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China.

• Contents  Preface  Part I Historical Connections  1 China as a Nation Bas van Leeuwen and Jan Luiten van Zanden  2 Changing Structure of the Chinese Economy Paulo José Regis  3 The Rise of China Shiwei Hu  Part II Geographical Connections  4 China and Geography Steven Brakman  5 Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Migration in China Charles van Marrewijk  6 International Trade and Supply Chains Nimesh Salike and Willem Thorbecke  Part III Policy Connections  7 Chinese Institutions Yanghua Huang  8 Macroeconomic Policies in the People's Republic of China Yang Chen, Ming He, and Simon Rudkin  9 Chinese Infrastructure Ming He and Yang Chen  Part IV Future Connections and Sustainability  10 Demography and Inequality in China Charles van Marrewijk  11 Sustainability in China Julia Swart  12 China’s Emerging Global Role Peter J. Morgan  Index