TY - BOOK AU - Reardon,Lawrence C. TI - The reluctant dragon: crisis cycles in Chinese foreign economic policy T2 - Studies of the East Asian Institute SN - 9780295803333 AV - HF1604 .R458 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Seattle PB - University of Washington Press KW - Business cycles KW - China KW - Electronic Books N1 - Originally published: 2002; 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=990513&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -