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  • The China Questions

Will Urbanization Save the Chinese Economy or Destroy it?

By: Meg Rithmire
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Abstract

The Chinese leadership under Xi Jinping has announced its intentions to transition the economy from one driven by investment and exports to one driven by domestic demand. The main strategy to achieve this transformation involves massive state-led urbanization. This essay explores whether the strategy will save the Chinese economy or generate social and political problems that imperil the country's growth and stability.

Keywords

China; Urbanization; Economic Development; Urban Development; Economic Growth; China

Citation

Rithmire, Meg. "Will Urbanization Save the Chinese Economy or Destroy it?" Chap. 16 in The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power, edited by Jennifer Rudolph and Michael Szonyi. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Meg Rithmire

Business, Government and the International Economy
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