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Imperialism or Semi-Periphery

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ID9200475
AuthorsMinqi Li (0009-0001-9196-3712, corresponding author)
Year2021
Pages47-74
Publication date2021-07-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
PublisherMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-073-03-2021-07_4
OpenAlexW3181210415
LanguageEN
Citations received19

Whether China has become an imperialist country is a question of crucial importance for the global class struggle. Although China has developed an exploitative relationship with South Asia, Africa, and other raw material exporters, on the whole, China continues to transfer a greater amount of surplus value to the core countries in the capitalist world system than it receives from the periphery. China is thus best described as a semi-peripheral country in the capitalist world system

Capitalism · China · Core (optical fiber) · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Surplus value · World-system · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Engineering · Law

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Unique citing works19
Citations per year4,75
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10

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