Contemporary issues shaping China's civil aviation policy : balancing international with domestic priorities / Alan Williams.

Includes bibliographical references ([217]-228) and index.

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Evolutionary Path of Market Reform in China 1949-2008; 2 China's Continuing Search for an Efficient Multi-modal Transport System; 3 The Roles of Civil Aviation Industry in the Great Western Development Strategy; 4 National Administrative Reform and its Consequences for Civil Aviation; 5 The Reform and Modernization of the Domestic Airline Market; 6 The Entry by Chinese Airlines into the International Passenger Market; 7 The Growing Strategic Importance of Air Cargo Services.

This book explores the political, economic and strategic issues raised by the inevitable tension between the domestic and international aspects of Beijing's current civil aviation strategy. It also seeks to identify some of the problems that face the industry as a key sector in the larger context of macroeconomic reform and the further pressures now being exerted by China's membership of the WTO.

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