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The Gilded Cage
Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China
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The book explores China's economic transformation, highlighting the shift from labor-intensive manufacturing to a tech-driven development model under an increasingly authoritarian regime. Through extensive fieldwork and interviews, it examines the stark inequalities between "high-end" and "low-end" sectors and the state's use of technology for surveillance and control. The narrative contrasts China's rapid rise with America's Gilded Age, suggesting it resembles a gilded cage, where state power and tech capitalism foster rising inequality and social exclusion.
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The Gilded Cage, Ya-Wen Lei
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- 2023
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- Title
- The Gilded Cage
- Subtitle
- Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ya-Wen Lei
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN13
- 9780691212838
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- 3.9 out of 5
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- The book explores China's economic transformation, highlighting the shift from labor-intensive manufacturing to a tech-driven development model under an increasingly authoritarian regime. Through extensive fieldwork and interviews, it examines the stark inequalities between "high-end" and "low-end" sectors and the state's use of technology for surveillance and control. The narrative contrasts China's rapid rise with America's Gilded Age, suggesting it resembles a gilded cage, where state power and tech capitalism foster rising inequality and social exclusion.