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Beyond Ownership: State Capitalism and the Chinese Firm

Influential account of Chinese state capitalism that looks beyond formal ownership to personnel, party-state influence, finance, regulation, and networks.

Use It For

Use this to complicate the simple public/private distinction in Chinese company law.

Teaching Notes

The article helps students see why a company can be formally private yet still shaped by state-linked finance, regulation, networks, and policy priorities.