“Going Global in Groups”: Structural Transformation and China’s Special Economic Zones Overseas

Bräutigam, Deborah; Tang, Xiaoyang

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.010

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“…These EZs provide a secured context for small‐size Chinese companies (can be either private, provincial or municipal owned) who have few experiences or resources to operate independently abroad. Therefore, by ‘going global in groups’ (Bräutigam & Tang, ), these businesses will benefit from both standardised management and familiar ‘like‐China’ environment in the EZs to jump‐start their overseas adventure.…”

Section: Worlding Developmentalism In Practice: Overseas Trade and Ecmentioning

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“…Second, although the Chinese EZs in Africa was initiated as an inter‐state platform for economic cooperation, the actual construction engages a diverse set of institutions and private groups who decide on terms and means of day‐to‐day operation. The Chinese central government has consciously and strategically distanced itself from the design, construction and management of EZs (Bräutigam & Tang, , ). It is the Chinese developers, investors and expatriate managers that hold the primary responsibility for the zones.…”

Section: Worlding Developmentalism In Practice: Overseas Trade and Ecmentioning

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Worlding Developmentalism: China's Economic Zones Within and Beyond its Border

Fei

2017

J. Int. Dev.

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This paper examines the development of Economic Zones in post‐reform China and the recent export of zoning practices as a part of the country's ‘going global’ strategy. I propose ‘worlding developmentalism’ to conceptualise the synergy between a polymorphous yet capable state in directing the path of domestic growth and overseas ventures, and a population who actively captures emerging economic opportunities in transnational contexts. The concept is then substantiated by the promotion of Economic Zones under the Belt and Road Initiative and China–Africa Cooperation. The contested spaces produced in the Global South under these new development paradigms necessitate keen scholarly investigation. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Worlding Developmentalism In Practice: Overseas Trade and Ecmentioning

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Section: Worlding Developmentalism In Practice: Overseas Trade and Ecmentioning

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Worlding Developmentalism: China's Economic Zones Within and Beyond its Border

Fei

2017

J. Int. Dev.

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“…At the same time, China's economic relations with other countries, such as African countries, have achieved mutual benefits. [32].…”

Section: The Period Of Economic Globalization (2001-now)mentioning

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The Course of China’s Special Economic Zone and the Choice of Xiong’an New Metropolitan Zone

Tian¹

2017

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“…According to Lin (2012), this relocation to Africa is already happening. This is demonstrated by the substantial amounts of Chinese FDI flowing into manufacturing in Africa and by the establishment of special economic zones in a number of countries on the continent (see also Bräutigam & Tang, 2014), although a number of these have underperformed (Zambia) or are moribund (Mauritius), although Lin himself was instrumental in the success of the Ethiopian zone (African Business, 2016). Lin argues that due to the sheer size of the Chinese economy, China will not be a goose in the traditional leader-follower pattern of industrialisation for a few lower income countries but a dragon (Lin, 2012, p. 405 emphasis in original).…”

Section: Ics and Structural Transformation In Africa: An Analytical Fmentioning

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The BRICS’ impacts on local economic development in the Global South: the cases of a tourism town and two mining provinces in Zambia

Kragelund

Carmody

2016

Area Development and Policy

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Research on how emerging economies affect other areas of the Global South has flourished in the past decade, and it is now well established that this impact occurs through a variety of channels, but knowledge of local developmental effects is scant. This article seeks to open up this black box by scrutinizing the effects of investments by the BRICS in a tourism town and two mining areas in Zambia. Recently, investments by the BRICS have been heralded as a key driver of structural transformation in the rest of the Global South; however, the lack of linkages and spillovers from BRICS actors to the local economy, in the Zambian case at least, leads instead to continued technological and economic dependence and consequent economic narrowing. ARTICLE HISTORY RESUMENLas repercusiones de los BRICS en el desarrollo económico local de los países del hemisferio sur: los casos de una ciudad turística y dos provincias mineras de zambia. En la última década han aparecido muchos estudios sobre cómo influyen las economías emergentes en otros países del hemisferio sur, y ahora ha quedado bien establecido que este impacto ocurre a través de varios canales, si bien es escaso el conocimiento sobre los efectos locales en el desarrollo. El objetivo de este artículo es abrir esta caja negra al examinar los efectos de las inversiones por parte de los países BRICS en una ciudad turística y dos áreas mineras de Zambia. Recientemente se han elogiado las inversiones de los países BRICS por ser el motor de la transformación estructural en el resto de países del hemisferio sur. Sin embargo, la falta de vínculos y efectos indirectos de los actores de los países BRICS a la economía local, al menos en el caso de Zambia, llevan a una dependencia tecnológica y económica continua y a una consecuente contracción económica. PALABRAS CLAVEBRICS, África, Zambia, minería, turismo, inversión directa extranjera АННОТАЦИЯ Воздействие БРИКС на местное экономическое развитие на Глобальном Юге: пример туристического города и двух сырьевых провинций Замбии. Исследования о том, как развивающиеся экономики влияют на другие области Глобального Юга, активизировалисьв последние десятилетия. Теперь признано, что это воздействие происходит через различные каналы, но информация о воздействии на развитие на местном уровне остается скудной. В данной статье мы попытаемся открыть этот черный ящик, пристально рассматривая влияние инвестиций БРИКС в туристический город и в два районов добычи полезных ископаемых в Замбии. В последнее время инвестиции БРИКС стали рассматриваться в качестве ключевого фактора структурных преобразований в остальной части Глобального Юга. Однако, отсутствие связей и взаимодействия с БРИКС на местном уровне в случае Замбии, по крайней мере, приводят вместо этого к сохранению технологической и экономической зависимости и связанного с ней экономического отставания.КЛЮЧЕВЫЕ СЛОВА БРИКС, Африка, Замбия, горнодобывающая промышленность, туризм, прямые иностранные инвестиции

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“Going Global in Groups”: Structural Transformation and China’s Special Economic Zones Overseas

Cited by 164 publications

References 19 publications

Worlding Developmentalism: China's Economic Zones Within and Beyond its Border

Worlding Developmentalism: China's Economic Zones Within and Beyond its Border

The Course of China’s Special Economic Zone and the Choice of Xiong’an New Metropolitan Zone

The BRICS’ impacts on local economic development in the Global South: the cases of a tourism town and two mining provinces in Zambia

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