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China’s Trade Patterns and International Comparative Advantage

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Xiao-guang Zhang

    1. University of Melbourne, Australia

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Part of the book series: Studies on the Chinese Economy (STCE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 1-3

  3. Reforming a Centrally Planned Foreign Trade System

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 5-31

  4. Factor Intensity of Chinese Tradable Commodities

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 33-49

  5. China’s Foreign Trade Patterns and Performance

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 51-73

  6. Measuring Comparative Advantage

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 75-89

  7. Tradable Goods Price Structure in China, 1978–95

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 91-142

  8. Shadow Prices of Primary Factors of Production, 1978–95

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 143-167

  9. China’s International Comparative Advantage, 1978–95: DRP Results

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 169-206

  10. China’s Trade Patterns and Comparative Advantage

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 207-222

  11. Summary and Conclusion

    • Xiao-guang Zhang
    Pages 223-227

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 229-254
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This book outlines the process of China's trade reforms over the past two decades and assesses the impact of these reforms on the economy. The author provides a detailed quantitative analysis to trace China's evolving commodity pattern of trade and changing comparative advantage structure over the entire reform period.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Melbourne, Australia

    Xiao-guang Zhang

About the author

DR ZHANG received his PhD from Australian National University (ANU) in 1993. Prior to that, he was a researcher in the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Renmin University in Beijing. After completion of his study, he was a visiting research fellow in the Department of Economics in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the ANU before joining the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne as a lecturer in July 1994. Since then he has taught International Economics, Chinese Economy, Economic Growth and Development and Economic Development of East Asia. His main research interests are in international economics and development economics.

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