Port-City Interplays in China – Ebook

China has progressed dramatically since 1978 when the country started its economic reforms and opened up to the world economy. It took only three decades for China to develop from a closed, centrally planned economy with little sea-borne trade into the world’s second largest economy with the largest container shipment volume in the world. The major coastal cities have been gateways linking China with the world and have experienced rapid urbanization and port growth. How has such port growth been speeded up and realized under strong state control and intervention? How have ports and their cities affected each other? What lessons can China

Book details

• Author: Wang, James Jixian, Dr
• Publisher: Routledge
• eText ISBN: 9781472426918
• Print ISBN: 9781472426895
• Format: Reflowable Layout
• Language: en