Listen now | This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone. Show Notes: On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with takeaways from the Two Sessions, including the work report from Premier Li Qiang, what to make of the 5% GDP growth target for 2024, the cancellation of Li's press conference, Xi Jinping’s visit to the Jiangsu breakout session and his message on new productive forces and economic development, and the evolution of the Two Sessions in recent years. From there: The latest exchange between the Philippines and the PRC in the South China Sea, the Biden White House announces an investigation into Chinese EVs, and there’s a bipartisan bill in the House that will renew the TikTok conversation in D.C.
To better understand China’s past industrial upgrading programmes, I cannot recommend enough the excellent book ‘The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development and State Capitalism in China.’ by Ya-wen Lei. It is full of incredibly insightful fieldwork.
To better understand China’s past industrial upgrading programmes, I cannot recommend enough the excellent book ‘The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development and State Capitalism in China.’ by Ya-wen Lei. It is full of incredibly insightful fieldwork.
She discusses it in this podcast: https://www.csis.org/podcasts/pekingology/gilded-cage