Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How The Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation

Angela Zhang's book Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism explores how China has used antitrust law as a powerful economic weapon to counter Western sanctions in the Sino-US tech war. She reveals how China has transformed antitrust law into a powerful tool, offers a political and economic study of our contemporary moment, and demonstrates that future cooperation relies on the West comprehending Chinese idiosyncrasies and China achieving greater transparency through integration with its Western rivals.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 272 pages
\n Publication date: 11 March 2021
\n Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The rise of China as an economic superpower has sparked increasing concerns in the West. Europe is implementing stricter scrutiny over takeovers by Chinese state-owned giants, while the United States is imposing aggressive sanctions on leading Chinese technology firms such as Huawei, TikTok, and WeChat. Amidst the escalating geopolitical tensions between China and the West, are there any hopeful prospects for economic globalization?

In her insightful new book, Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism, Angela Zhang delves into the most crucial and least understood tactic China can employ to counter Western sanctions: antitrust law. Zhang unveils how China has transformed antitrust law into a formidable economic weapon, providing theoretical frameworks and case studies to explain its strategic application throughout the Sino-US tech war. She also exposes the vast administrative discretion held by the Chinese government, showcasing how agencies can leverage the media to push forward aggressive enforcement. Furthermore, Zhang delves into the bureaucratic politics that drove China's antitrust regulation, offering an incisive analysis of how divergent missions, cultures, and structures of agencies have shaped regulatory outcomes.

Beyond a legal analysis, Zhang offers a political and economic study of our contemporary moment. She demonstrates that Chinese exceptionalism, as manifested in the way China regulates and is regulated, is reshaping global regulation, and that future cooperation relies on the West comprehending Chinese idiosyncrasies and China achieving greater transparency through integration with its Western rivals.

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\n Weight: 556g\n
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780198826569\n \n