 | The Reluctant Dragon: Crisis Cycles in Chinese Foreign Economic Policy Chinese foreign economic policy before 1978 has been considered isolationist and centered on Maoist self-reliance. In this revisionist analysis, the author argues that the dramatic economic reforms initiated by China's leaders in 1978 were in fact revisions and expansions of policies from the Maoist period. Lawrence C. Reardon is associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire. |
