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'This is a fascinating account of how China has confronted the current era of globalisation , not just through their use of inward investment, export surpluses and foreign exchange reserves, but also ideologically - how Chinese Communist Party theorists and non-Party intellectuals alike have analysed both the potential benefits and dangers in these global economic developments for Chinese sovereignty and for the prospects for socialism in China.'- Jonathan Michie, University of Birmingham, UK'A product of serious scholarship and extensive research Professor Knight's fascinating study deserves to be widely read by those with an interest in globalization and China's emergence as a global power. It presents a sophisticated analysis of the domestic tensions arising from China's embrace of globalization and reactions to it. A significant corrective to the many one dimensional studies of China and globalization.'- Tony McGrew, Southampton University, UK'One of the least discussed aspects of reform in contemporary China is the commitment of the Communist Party leadership to policies of globalization. In this important new study, Nick Knight offers a comprehensive discussion of what the Chinese leadership understands by globalization, the social and political implications of their policies, and the debates the idea of globalization has provoked within and without the party. Not the least among the study's virtues is Knight's grasp of issues within Chinese Marxism that enables him to bring an indispensable critical perspective to these debates.'- Arif Dirlik, Chinese University of Hong Kong'Nick Knight's close reading of the debate on increased globalisation within China provides an essential analysis for anyone seeking to identify the dynamics of change in that country. In the process he not only highlights the extent to which the idea of globalisation is fashionable yet contested for China, as elsewhere, but also the paradoxes of a Communist Party State embracing a neoliberal agenda and world system.'- David S.G. Goodman, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

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Nick Knight, formerly Professor of Asian Studies, Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia

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