China's Contained Resource Curse: How Minerals Shape State-Capital-Labor Relations

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Jing Vivian Zhan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

China's Contained Resource Curse

How Minerals Shape State-Capital-Labor Relations

Jing Vivian Zhan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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Cambridge University Press
25 January 2024

Political economy

As a country rich in mineral resources, contemporary China remains surprisingly overlooked in the research about the much debated 'resource curse'. This is the first full-length study to examine the distinctive effects of mineral resources on the state, capital and labour and their interrelations in China. Jing Vivian Zhan draws on a wealth of empirical evidence, both qualitative and quantitative. Taking a subnational approach, she zooms in on local situations and

demonstrates how mineral resources affect local governance and economic as well as human development. Characterizing mining industries as pro-capital and anti-labour, this study also highlights the redistributive roles that the state can play to redress the imbalance. It reveals the Chinese state's strategies to contain the resource curse and also pinpoints some pitfalls of the China model, which offer important policy implications for China and other resource-rich countries.

By: Jing Vivian Zhan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009048989
ISBN 10: 1009048988
Pages: 235
Publication Date: 25 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jing Vivian Zhan is Associate Professor in the Department of Government & Public Administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She specializes in comparative political economy, contemporary Chinese politics, intergovernmental relations, local governance and development studies.

Reviews for China's Contained Resource Curse: How Minerals Shape State-Capital-Labor Relations

'… in her excellent new book China's Contained Resource Curse: How Minerals Shape State-Capital-Labor Relations, political scientist Jing Vivian Zhan has offered a nuanced analysis of how Beijing has largely avoided the potentially deleterious effects of mining and drilling at a national level, even as local communities in particularly resource-dependent areas of China have struggled.' Manfred Elfstrom, The China Quarterly