The Role of U.S. Technology Transfer and Foreign Investment in East Asia and the Soviet Bloc in Opening China's Door in 1979

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dc.contributor.advisorSicilia, David Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorKarr, Dennis K.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-12T06:31:46Z
dc.date.available2014-02-12T06:31:46Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThe most radical component of China's Open Door economic policy in the late 1970s was its encouragement of joint ventures and other foreign direct investment (FDI). Although scholars have studied the impact of the new policy on China's economy and on the global economy, few have considered the background of the reforms. Drawing from relevant American business archives, contemporary news reports, and other primary sources, I argue that China's reforms in 1979 were likely influenced by three important dynamics: contributions of American joint ventures and other FDI to China's economically successful neighbors in East Asia and the attractiveness to China's reformers of enabling similar contributions in China; contributions of American joint ventures and other FDI to the Eastern European countries aligned with the Soviet Union, coupled with China's competition with the Soviet Union for expanded economic relations with the U.S.; and interactions between American leaders and businesspeople with Chinese counterparts.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14955
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEconomic historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAsian historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledModern historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledChinaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledforeign direct investmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledjoint ventureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSoviet Blocen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtechnology transferen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUnited Statesen_US
dc.titleThe Role of U.S. Technology Transfer and Foreign Investment in East Asia and the Soviet Bloc in Opening China's Door in 1979en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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