China Faces, Debates, the Contradictions of Globalization

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China's Symbiotic Narratives of Opening and Globalization

“…One encouraging result of the Reform and Opening has been the creation of opportunities for the Chinese to express a wider variety of views. A broad range of interpretations and viewpoints on globalization can be found in Chinese academic journals, in newspaper columns, and on the internet, as convincingly demonstrated by several writers (Yu 2008, Knight 2008, Bhattacharya 2008, Garrett 2001. Neo-liberal, cultural conservative, and new-left voices can all be heard in this debate, so the discourse presented below is the dominant one, but it is not absolutely hegemonic.…”

Does Hegemony Still Matter? Revisiting Regime Formation in the Asia-Pacific

“…66 For all China's well-known suspicions of American hegemony, 67 it is revealing that China's elites consider that they have little choice other than to embrace 'globalisation' and hope to glean enhanced legitimacy from accelerated economic development as a consequence. 68 The implications of the WTO-inspired reform process cannot be underestimated as it necessitates fundamental changes to China's constitution, opens up hitherto protected parts of its domestic economy to international competition, and, in the long-term, it will systematically reconfigure domestic interests and attitudes to international economic engagement (not to mention 'communism') as a consequence. 69 While it may be possible to argue that change at this world-historical level involving long-term transformation in underlying modes of production reflects the impact of deeper structural forces, rather than simply the influence of one organisation or even one power, the very success and pervasiveness of those processes associated with globalisation, which are synonymous with the American-led post-war international order, makes the survival of alternative orders increasingly implausible.…”

Competing Capitalisms and Neoliberalism: The Dynamics of, and Limits to, Economic Reform in the Asia‐Pacific

“…The IFIs have assumed an especially important role in promoting neoliberal ideas across the East Asian part of the Asia-Pacific, especially following the economic crisis of 1997/8 (Beeson 2003b). In China there has been an important internal debate about the impact and merits of 'globalization and the most appropriate ways for China to respond to its manifold challenges (Garrett 2001). This is not to suggest that such ideas are necessarily uncritically adopted (see Beeson and Islam forthcoming), but when combined with more subtle, structural effects, they clearly have the potential to be highly influential (Woods 1995).…”