This book provides a fresh perspective on the political agency of private entrepreneurs in
contemporary China. Most Chinese scholarship describes this group as being politically …

China scholars have consistently described China's private entrepreneurs as politically co-
opted by the Communist Party regime. Since China's economic development now …

This article, the product of several years of extensive fieldwork, seeks to reinvigorate the
debate on China's private entrepreneurs by arguing that they have become a “strategic …

The revolving door of private entrepreneurs in China is considered to be a crucial strategy of
the Chinese Communist Party to adapt to the market transition and contributes much to the …

The stunning expansion of China's private sector since the late 1970s has inspired political
scientists to speculate that rapid economic development and the ensuing rise of China's …

Many think that private entrepreneurs are capable of creating partnerships with central and
local government, business, churches, charities and other local and national institutions …

The ability of China's entrepreneurs to establish firms in the midst of a strangling
bureaucratic system is a topic that demands attention, not least because it forms the basis of …

This article examines the relationship between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
membership and private entrepreneurship in China since 2002, the year when the party …

Given the fact that the new private entrepreneurs (NPEs) are playing an increasingly
important role in Chinese politics and economy, this article maps the historical evolution of …

Economic reforms in China have led to the creation of an entirely new social class: the
business elite. Entrepreneurs in the foreign and private sectors have benefited tremendously …