City Development and Internationalization in China

Qianyi Wang is a lecturer at the Economic School of Shandong Technology and Business University, China. Her research focuses on urban-rural coordinated development and urban studies from local stakeholders’ perspectives.Kee Cheok Cheong is currently Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. His research interests include economic development, transition economies, particularly China and Vietnam, and international economic relations.Ran Li is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Her specialization is in the transformation of China’s state enterprises, state enterprise system and China’s political-economic system.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Extant Studies: The Dominance of Large Cities.- 3. The Case Study Approach to City Analysis.- 4. Quanzhou: Reclaiming a Glorious Past.- 5. From Obscurity to Global Prominence: Yiwu's Emergence as an International Trade Hub.- 6. Nanning: Perils and Promise of a Frontier City.- 7. Comparing Growth and Internationalization Trajectories.- 8. Conclusion.