The reluctant dragon : crisis cycles in Chinese foreign economic policy / Lawrence C. Reardon.

Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface; Introduction; 1. The Domestic Determinants of Chinese Foreign Economic Policy; 2. Antinomies of Chinese Development, 1949-1958; 3. Neomercantilism versus Self-Sufficiency, 1959-1966; 4. Chaos and the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1971; 5. Resurrecting the Four Modernizations, 1971-1974; 6. The Abbreviated Leftist Response, 1974-1976; 7. The Great Leap Outward, 1977-1979; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A. Note on Chinese Sources; Appendix B. CCP Central Committee and State Council Emergency Directive, 26 October 1959.

Appendix C. CCP Central Committee Approval of Export Commodity Production Base Establishment, 30 June 1960Appendix D. CCP Central Committee Emergency Directive on Foreign Trade, 10 August 1960; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Annotation Chinese foreign economic policy before 1978 has been considered isolationist and centred on Maoist self-reliance. In 'The Reluctant Dragon', Lawrence Reardon relies on primary sources, including Chinese Communist Party histories and other restricted-circulation materials, to show that China's apparently sudden turn outward in 1978 was actually an extension of previous experiments brought about by bureaucratic infighting and conflict among rival elites.

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