Nolan Is China Buying the World?

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7588-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 120 Seiten, E-Book

China has become the world's second biggest economy and its largestexporter. It possesses the world's largest foreign exchangereserves and has 29 companies in the FT 500 list of the world'slargest companies. 'China's Rise' preoccupies the globalmedia, which regularly carry articles suggesting that it is usingits financial resources to 'buy the world'.
Is there any truth to this idea? Or is this just scaremongeringby Western commentators who have little interest in a balancedpresentation of China's role in the global political economy?
In this short book Peter Nolan - one of the leadinginternational experts on China and the global economy - probesbehind the media rhetoric and shows that the idea that China isbuying the world is a myth. Since the 1970s the global businessrevolution has resulted in an unprecedented degree of industrialconcentration. Giant firms from high income countries with leadingtechnologies and brands have greatly increased their investments indeveloping countries, with China at the forefront. Multinationalcompanies account for over two-thirds of China's high technologyoutput and over ninety percent of its high technology exports.Global firms are deep inside the Chinese business system and arepressing China hard to be permitted to increase their presencewithout restraints.
By contrast, Chinese firms have a negligible presence in thehigh-income countries - in other words, we are 'inside them'but they are not yet 'inside us'. China's 70-odd'national champion' firms are protected by the governmentthrough state ownership and other support measures. They are inindustries such as banking, metals, mining, oil, power,construction, transport, and telecommunications, which tend to makeuse of high technology products rather than produce these productsthemselves. Their growth has been based on the rapidly growing homemarket. China has been unsuccessful so far in its efforts tonurture a group of globally competitive firms with leading globaltechnologies and brands. Whether it will be successful in thefuture is an open question.
This balanced analysis replaces rhetoric with evidence andargument. It provides a much-needed perspective on current debatesabout China's growing power and it will contribute to aconstructive dialogue between China and the West.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nolan, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
1 Who are We? Who are They? 11
2 Who are We? 15
2.1 Globalization and industrial concentration 15
2.2 Evidence from automobiles and beverages 25
2.3 Globalization and 'going out' by global firms 38
3 Who are They? 55
3.1 China catches up 55
3.2 China is still far from 'catching up' 66
3.3 China's deepening relationship with developing countries 70
3.4 Oil companies and energy security 75
3.5 Multinational companies 'going in' to China 84
3.6 Chinese fi rms 'going out' of China into the high-income economies: 'I have you within me but you do not have me within you' 95
3.7 Constraints on China 'buying the world' 102
4 The Complexity of 'Us' and 'Them': The Case of Strategic Industries 110
4.1 Banks 110
4.2 Commercial aircraft 119
Conclusion 132
Is China buying the world? 132
Who are we? 133
Who are they? 136
The complexity of catching up 142
References 144

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Nolan is Professor of Chinese Management at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Chinese Big Business Programme at the Judge Business School. He has been centrally involved in discussions about the integration of China with the global economy and business system. He has testified before the US Congress' US-China Economic and Security Review Commission and served as an Advisor to the World Bank.