ZHU AND PEARSON:GLOBALIZATION This article consists in part of a literature review of Chinese scholarship on the issue of globalization and the state;we document extensively the existing Chinese scholarship,with the goal of providing non-Mandarin speakers access to the current state of academic consideration of this is- sue.Even more important,however,we offer a critical analysis and com- mentary on the key features of this scholarship and attempt to explain those forces that have shaped the distinctive characteristics of Chinese CPE scholarship. PRC-based scholars have published a large number of articles and mono- graphs on the topic of globalization,especially since the late 1990s.The present study is based on an extensive reading of that body of work,with a focus on the most frequently cited relevant articles and books published by academic presses.In the original survey,we found that articles on global- Krenuef ization and the state appear in a wide variety of Chinese academic journals, including those which are widely considered the most'elite'journals and those that tend to be regional journals or from less elite universities,and including articles scattered over the fields of politics and economics.It ss:toie would appear that the most influential for the topic of globalization and the state is Shijie Jingjiyu Zhengzhi (Journal of World Economics and Politics). This study is organized into three main sections.The first section pre- views the review of literature by highlighting common themes and general features,a discussion that helps set the stage for our subsequent critical analysis.The second section examines three main issue areas of the liter- ature relevant to globalization and the role of the state:state sovereignty, economic security and the economic role of the state.The third section returns to and explores further the substantive issues raised in this in- troduction,and attempts to explain the key orientations of and gaps in scholarship in the context of the evolution of China's academic structure. GENERAL FEATURES OF SCHOLARSHIP Aq papeojuMo ON GLOBALIZATION AND THE STATE The Chinese IPE and CPE literatures on globalization and the state have several features in common.Indeed,there is an extraordinary amount of consistency among them in terms of their focus,the conceptualization of globalization'and the proper role of the state,and the format and end goals of scholarship.We identify five common characteristics. First,most of the writings on globalization and the state have an ex- clusive focus on China.There are relatively few studies on the developing world more broadly (Jiang,1999,2000;Wu and Qian,2000;Huang,2001; Jiang,2003;Meng,2003;Song and Xiong,2003),which focus on the eco- nomic,financial and political challenges of globalization to developing countries.Where comparative studies exist,the discussion and the format are similar to the majority of works on China.Of course,the focus on China 1217ZHU AND PEARSON: GLOBALIZATION This article consists in part of a literature review of Chinese scholarship on the issue of globalization and the state; we document extensively the existing Chinese scholarship, with the goal of providing non-Mandarin speakers access to the current state of academic consideration of this is￾sue. Even more important, however, we offer a critical analysis and com￾mentary on the key features of this scholarship and attempt to explain those forces that have shaped the distinctive characteristics of Chinese CPE scholarship. PRC-based scholars have published a large number of articles and mono￾graphs on the topic of globalization, especially since the late 1990s. The present study is based on an extensive reading of that body of work, with a focus on the most frequently cited relevant articles and books published by academic presses.1 In the original survey, we found that articles on global￾ization and the state appear in a wide variety of Chinese academic journals, including those which are widely considered the most ‘elite’ journals and those that tend to be regional journals or from less elite universities, and including articles scattered over the fields of politics and economics. It would appear that the most influential for the topic of globalization and the state is Shijie Jingji yu Zhengzhi (Journal of World Economics and Politics). This study is organized into three main sections. The first section pre￾views the review of literature by highlighting common themes and general features, a discussion that helps set the stage for our subsequent critical analysis. The second section examines three main issue areas of the liter￾ature relevant to globalization and the role of the state: state sovereignty, economic security and the economic role of the state. The third section returns to and explores further the substantive issues raised in this in￾troduction, and attempts to explain the key orientations of and gaps in scholarship in the context of the evolution of China’s academic structure. GENERAL FEATURES OF SCHOLARSHIP ON GLOBALIZATION AND THE STATE The Chinese IPE and CPE literatures on globalization and the state have several features in common. Indeed, there is an extraordinary amount of consistency among them in terms of their focus, the conceptualization of ‘globalization’ and the proper role of the state, and the format and end goals of scholarship. We identify five common characteristics. First, most of the writings on globalization and the state have an ex￾clusive focus on China. There are relatively few studies on the developing world more broadly (Jiang, 1999, 2000; Wu and Qian, 2000; Huang, 2001; Jiang, 2003; Meng, 2003; Song and Xiong, 2003), which focus on the eco￾nomic, financial and political challenges of globalization to developing countries. Where comparative studies exist, the discussion and the format are similar to the majority of works on China. Of course, the focus on China 1217 Downloaded by [Shanghai Jiaotong University] at 04:55 07 January 2015