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China’s economy has enjoyed a long period of explosive growth, making it one of the world’s largest.
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Chose examination of the Silk Road project, often presented as a “historical opportunity”, shows, for sceptics both at home and abroad, an exaggerated potential. It is an excuse for a wasteful spending. It is a project with 5 vague objectives: policy coordination, facilities connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people contacts (over six distinct “economic corridors”).
The BRI is less a coherent scheme involving a clear list of projects than a series of wide-ranging policy aims. Many of the projects now included under its banner have been planned for years (Miller, 2019).
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Annex 1: Share of Global Growth of China, US and Germany Between 2000 and 2017
![Two groups bar graphs of the percentage of share of global goods trade of China, U S and Germany. In 2000 and 2017, the U S records the maximum percentage. The values are approximate.](http://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/chp%3A10.1007%2F978-981-19-7423-6_71/MediaObjects/536295_1_En_71_Figa_HTML.png)
Annex 2: The OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index
![A graph plots the variation in O C E D F D I regulatory restrictiveness index on the following fronts. Total, agriculture, mining, electricity, construction, and services.](http://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/chp%3A10.1007%2F978-981-19-7423-6_71/MediaObjects/536295_1_En_71_Figb_HTML.png)
Annex 3: Technology Market Share, in China and in the Rest of the World
![A chart explains technology market share in China with comparison to the rest of the world. The percentage of market share in China and rest of the world of technology by leading local players with local contents, leading local players with foreign contents and leading local players. The share of Chinese and Non-Chinese producers in the market as well as the % of first tier components from Chinese suppliers are recorded in the chart.](http://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image/chp%3A10.1007%2F978-981-19-7423-6_71/MediaObjects/536295_1_En_71_Figc_HTML.png)
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Based on 2018 or the latest available data.
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Compares local versus imported software development costs.
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Servers used for cloud storage purposes.
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Captures only industrial robots.
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China and rest-of-world market shares assumed to be equal due to data availability.
Source Annual reports; Literature search; McKinsey Global Institute analysis.
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Coulibaly, A.D. (2023). Chinese Economic Growth: A Critical Look. In: Wang, L. (eds) China's Development and the Construction of the Community with a Shared Future for Mankind. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7423-6_71
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