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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Li, Zhongjin
• Kotz, David M.

Titel

Is China Imperialist? Economy, State, and Insertion in the Global System

Ist Teil von

• The Review of radical political economics, 2021-12, Vol.53 (4), p.600-610

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• According to Marxist theory, imperialism is not a policy pursued by certain states, but rather a structural relation emerging from the dynamics of some modes of production. In the capitalist era the profit and accumulation drive underlies the establishment of imperialist relations. This paper applies historical materialism to analyze the political-economic system in China today to determine the forces that have shaped China’s insertion into the global system. We present evidence that China’s role in other parts of the world does not fit the Marxist concept of imperialism. We argue that the nonimperialist character of China’s external relations stems from China’s particular political economy. JEL Classification: F54, O53, P52