Japan Versus China in the Industrial Race
Description
Why has Japanese industrialization been so much faster than that of China? The relative economic development of Japan and China from similar nineteenth-century conditions are examined here in broad philosophical, social, political and historical perspective. This book challenges a common assumption that Chinese Confucianism does not encourage modernization, while Japanese Confucianism propelled for industrialization forward. it examines further reasons why Max Weber's judgment, "the Chinese would be probably more capable than the Japanese, of assimilating capitalism", has not been borne out.
Keywords
INDUSTRIES_JAPANINDUSTRIES_CHINAINDUSTRIAL POLICY_CHINAINDUSTRIAL POLICY_JAPAN
1998Book
Author(s)Wei-Bin Zhang
PublisherThe Stationery Office/Tso
ISBN9780333731680
LanguageEnglish
