With this book, Thomas Heberer has written the first in-depth analysis of" entrepreneurs" in
China and Vietnam. Key question raised is the role played by entrepreneurs in the process …

IN 1978, DURING THE THIRD PLENUM OF THE ELEVENTH NATIONAL party congress,
Deng Xiaoping initiated a new economic policy that was to have dramatic economic and …

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 …

Starting from very small numbers at the beginning of the 1980s, the proprietors of private
rural enterprises have increased to comprise at least one in twelve rural households in …

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 …

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 …

This article questions predictions about China's democratic potential based on rising
incomes in the private sector. For private entrepreneurs to constitute a democratizing force …

One of the most interesting economic phenomena in today's world is the rapid growth of a
few emerging market economies, including China, India, and Vietnam. Two important driving …

Abstract In July 2001, Party Secretary Jiang Zemin announced that private entrepreneurs,
among other'outstanding'representatives of the new social elites, were welcome to join the …