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Inward Foreign Investment and the Chinese Economy

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In 1979 China instituted its ‘open door’ policy and has gradually opened its economy to the outside world in a carefully managed and phased approach. Since that time the economy has increased in size fivefold and per capita income has risen fourfold (The Economist, 2001).1

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  1. Michael Thorpe
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  1. University of Western Sydney, Australia

    Harbhajan S. Kehal

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Thorpe, M. (2004). Inward Foreign Investment and the Chinese Economy. In: Kehal, H.S. (eds) Foreign Investment in Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230554412_4

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