Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China

Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China
by Julian Gewirtz (Author) – January 2, 2017

Unlikely Partners recounts the story of how Chinese politicians and intellectuals looked beyond their country’s borders for economic guidance at a key crossroads in the nation’s tumultuous twentieth century. Julian Gewirtz offers a dramatic tale of competition for influence between reformers and hardline conservatives during the Deng Xiaoping era, bringing to light China’s productive exchanges with the West.
When Mao Zedong died in 1976, his successors seized the opportunity to reassess the wisdom of China’s rigid commitment to Marxist doctrine. With Deng Xiaoping’s blessing, China’s economic gurus scoured the globe for fresh ideas that would put China on the path to domestic prosperity and ultimately global economic power. Leading foreign economists accepted invitations to visit China to share their expertise, while Chinese delegations traveled to the United States, Hungary, Great Britain, West Germany, Brazil, and other countries to examine new ideas. Chinese economists partnered with an array of brilliant thinkers, including Nobel Prize winners, World Bank officials, battle-scarred veterans of Eastern Europe’s economic struggles, and blunt-speaking free-market fundamentalists.

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Product Details
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press (January 2, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0674971132
ISBN-13: 978-0674971134
Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
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Author This Book

Julian Gewirtz, a 2013 graduate of Harvard College, is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Oxford and a Rhodes Scholar.