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Odd Arne Westad on how China First Joined the Global Capitalist Economy

2024/11/21
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Odd Arne Westad教授认为，中国融入全球资本主义经济的历程比通常认为的邓小平改革开放和加入世界贸易组织的简单叙事要复杂得多。许多关键的转折点都具有偶然性，最终中国能够走到今天的地步，在当时看来并非是必然的。文化大革命的动荡时期，虽然给中国社会带来了巨大的创伤，但也为后来的市场化改革埋下了种子。中苏关系的破裂以及随后中国与美国建立的安全合作关系，对中国后来的改革开放政策至关重要。中国共产党从苏联解体的过程中吸取了教训，认识到在经济改革的同时必须保持政治控制。可口可乐进入中国市场的故事，展现了外国公司如何在中国与地方政府合作，并在特定的政治环境下取得商业成功。与改革开放初期不同，现在中国民众对国家未来的发展方向感到迷茫。

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The episode introduces the topic of China's economic transformation, highlighting the pivotal moments under Deng Xiaoping and the broader context of China's integration into the global capitalist economy.
  • China's economic transformation began under Deng Xiaoping's reforms.
  • The era of reform and opening up is crucial to understanding China's current economic status.
  • The book 'The Great Transformation' by Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian provides a detailed account of this period.

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How did China become the economic behemoth that it is today? One pivotal moment was, obviously, it's ascension into the WTO. Prior to that, the era of reform under Deng Xiaoping was obviously crucial. But obviously no single event or turning point can really tell the story. In a groundbreaking new book -- The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform --  historians Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian tell the full story of how China went from being an impoverished, highly planned communist economy to the dynamic capitalist economy it is today. We spoke with Westad, a professor at Yale, about this book, and what people get wrong about China's big opening up.

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