China: Borrowed Time The Chinese Geography North has a wide broad plain which took two millennia of civil wars to consolidate Yellow River not navigable Þ Beijing is the political/military capital Yangtze is the only navigable river in the country Þ Shanghai is the economic capital South has good ports and is subtropical
China: Borrowed Time The Chinese Geography. North has a wide broad plain which took two millennia of civil wars to consolidate Yellow River not navigable Beijing is the political/military capital Yangtze is the only navigable river in the country Shanghai is the economic capital - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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China: Borrowed TimeThe Chinese GeographyNorth has a wide broad plain
which took two millennia of civil wars to consolidate
Yellow River not navigableÞBeijing is the political/military capital
Yangtze is the only navigable river in the countryÞShanghai is the economic capital
South has good ports and is subtropicalÞGreatly retards northern controlÞEncourages foreign presence
China: Borrowed TimeGeopolitics Meets Development Policy• North: political unification• Yangtze: economic partnership• The Far South: military occupation• Everywhere: bribes
• Private capital pooled into state’s hands, which funnels it at sub-market rates to achieve national goals
• Maximize employment by maximizing firm size, market share and throughput at the cost of debt, profitability and return on capital
• Allows for endless bidding for inputs, while subsidizing price of outputs