Examines the political context of China's policy of opening up to the international capitalist economy - from 1978 right up to the Party Congress of November 1992
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-269) and index
1. Setting the theoretical stage -- 2. Spiralling outwards. Part A: 1978-86 -- 3. Spiralling onwards. Part B: mid-1986 to 1992 -- 4. The dynamics of the Open Policy in Xiamen SEZ -- 5. Towards a market-facilitating state -- 6. The fate of labour -- Appendix: chronology of key events in Open Policy 1979-86