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The Chinese Government's five-year strategy for social and economic development to 2015 includes the aim of making the southwestern province of Yunnan a bridgehead for 'opening the country' to southeast Asia and south Asia. Yunnan - A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia traces the dynamic process which has led to this policy goal, a process through which Yunnan is being repositioned from a southwestern periphery of the People's Republic of China to a 'bridgehead' between China and its regional neighbours. It shows how this has been expressed in ideas and policy frameworks, involvement in regional institutions, infrastructure development, and changing trade and investment flows, from the 1980s to the present.
Detailing the wider context of the changes in China's global interactions, especially in Asia, the book uses Yunnan's case to demonstrate the extent of provincial agency in global interactions in reform-era China, and provides new insights into both China's relationships with its Asian neighbours and the increasingly important economic engagement between developing countries.
Contents
Dedication
List of figures and tables
List of abbreviations
Note on use of Chinese
Acknowledgements
About the author
Map of Asia
Yunnan timeline
Yunnan place names in Chinese
Chapter 1: Introduction: why Yunnan?
Abstract:
Previous studies on Yunnan
A provincial case study of China's political and economic relations
Structure of the book
Chapter 2: China in a changing world
Abstract:
Western China and the global economy
China and its Asian neighbours
Provincial agency in China's global interactions
Chapter 3: Yunnan's history in regional perspective
Abstract:
From Dian kingdom to Mongol conquest
From Ming integration to 'inward rebalancing' in the Qing
Late Qing decline and European incursions
Reform, revolution and the war period in Yunnan
Yunnan from 1949
Chapter 4: Repositioning Yunnan: ideas and policy
Abstract:
Early ideas of 'opening up' in Yunnan
Turning point: 1992
Developing ideas and policy
The 'great international transit route' and CAFTA
National belonging
Repositioning continued
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Chapter 5: Yunnan and regional institutions
Abstract:
Early regional engagement: Greater Mekong Subregion
Yunnan and BCIM
New dynamics in the region(s) - CAFTA and a revitalised GMS
Guangxi and regional institutions
Yunnan and domestic regionalism
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Infrastructure development
Abstract:
The early 1990s: limited transport infrastructure
Transport infrastructure in 2001
Further developments: 2006 and beyond
Energy security and infrastructure development
Challenges: politics and international relations
Conclusion
Chapter 7: From border trade to 'going out'
Abstract:
New trends from 2001
'Going out': outward investment from Yunnan
Domestic trade and investment
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Conclusion
Abstract:
Provincial agency and 'competitive internationalisation'
China, Asia and global political economy
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