The Transnational Origins of China's Aviation Infrastructure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11822833 |
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| Authors | Max Hirsh (University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 255 |
| Pages | 663-678 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The China Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305741023000991 |
| OpenAlex | W4384928472 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This article investigates the role of foreign technical experts in developing China's aviation infrastructure from the 1980s to the present. Focusing on a series of training and technical aid programmes, it traces the influx of critical know-how from Europe, Japan and North America during the period of reform and opening up. Through fieldwork conducted at airports in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai – and expert interviews with architects, planners and engineers – the article sheds light on the instrumental role played by foreign technical experts. By establishing a leading-edge set of airport planning practices, these aviation professionals accelerated the modernization of China's transport infrastructure and its reintegration into the world economy. Moreover, by positioning China as a global leader in infrastructure development, they laid the technical foundations for Chinese foreign policy endeavours that seek to export an infrastructure-led model of economic development to Africa, Asia and the former Soviet sphere
Aviation · Beijing · Business · China · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Modernization theory · Political science · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Engineering
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