China's Automobile Industry

The author presents an argument for a system of social insurance that replaces welfare with a Guaranteed Adequate Income. The book reviews public assistance programmes, and evaluates other plans that have been proposed. Chapter 1 Bureaucratic Politics and the Chinese Automobile Industry; Chapter 2 China’s Automotive History and Policy Development, 1949–1993; Chapter 3 Automotive Political Structures and Individual Leaders; Chapter 4 Beijing Jeep’s Bumpy Road; Chapter 5 Shanghai Volkswagen: Success through Foresight and Local Cooperation; Chapter 6 Guangzhou Peugeot: An Island in Guangdong Province; Chapter 7 Panda Motors; Chapter 8 Measuring Chinese Economic and Policy Progress;