Description: "This book examines the impact of entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) on China's domestic economic governance. It shows that rather than constraining the state, WTO entry provoked a divergence of policy responses, intensifying political contests between bureaucratic and political actors inside China's authoritarian structure"--
Review Quotes:
Tan presents a fascinating analysis of how China's adoption of the liberal rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has interacted with the unique features of the country's domestic political economy to shape its development trajectory since WTO accession. [T]he book represents a valuable contribution to the study of Chinese politics, political economy and foreign economic policy.
-- "China Quarterly"