The Politics of China’s Accession to the World Trade Organization: The Dragon Goes Global

China’s economic performance since 1979 has been a showcase among developing countries and countries in transition from a planned to a market economy and its accession to the Word Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 marked a major milestone in its return to the international economic regime. In The Politics of China’s Accession to the WTO Hui Feng enriches our understanding of Chinese WTO accession negotiations by drawing on first hand interviews with Beijing officials. He also furthers our understanding of China’s foreign economic policymaking regime by providing a theoretically informed analysis of China’s deep integration in the world market.