« China Inc. »: Strength and limits of China’s Economic Influence

« China Inc. »: Forces et limites de l’influence économique de la Chine

Jean-François Huchet ()
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Jean-François Huchet: ASIES EA 4512 - ASIES - Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, IFRAE - Institut français de recherche sur l’Asie de l’Est - Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité

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Abstract: Along with its growing economic power, China has developed and used economic levers to increase its political influence around the world. The use of its internal market as a political tool to bargain with developed countries, the recycling of its financial surplus and the signing of commercial partnerships to pursue national security objectives, all these economic levers have been used effectively by the Chinese authorities for geopolitical purposes. This efficiency was not only due to the authoritarian nature of the regime. The party-state has reformed itself too since the start of the opening and reform policy in 1978, and it was able to encourage players in the economic sphere to participate in national geopolitical objectives. Despite this efficiency, China faces also several obstacles in using its economic influence. Most stem from the nature of its political system and a perception of China as a new hegemonic power.

Keywords: China; geopolitics; economic influence; trade and Human Rights; state capitalism; economic international relations; Chine; géopolitique; influence économique; commerce et droits de l'Homme; capitalisme d'État; relations internationales économiques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-11-01
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Published in Hérodote - Revue de géographie et de géopolitique, 2013, Economie et géopolitique, 2013/2014 (151), pp.164-185

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