Chinese Entrepreneurs Between Power and Dependency

Jasmine Wang holds a PhD in anthropology from the Department of Anthropology, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University.

"A truly insightful book. Wang finds that entrepreneurs are a marginal group largely dependent on those in power, exercising little influence over public affairs, and holding few hopes for themselves or their country. Her interviews go beyond these particular findings to reflect on the nature of society and the structure of power in China, through the lens of its business elites. The result is a book that paints a comprehensive picture of political relations within elite society in contemporary China.”- John Fitzgerald AM, Emeritus Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne“Jasmine Wang's ground-breaking book demonstrates an impressive familiarity with the literature in anthropology, history, political economy, comparative politics, and sociology on private entrepreneurship, state-society relations, economic transitions, and authoritarianism. Besides her theoretical insights, Wang's empirical evidence — interviews with private entrepreneurs — has significantly enriched our knowledge of the experience, concerns, calculations, and values of Chinese private entrepreneurs." - Minxin Pei, author of The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism

• 1: INTRODUCTION 2: INTERPRETING THE ROOTS OF THE CHINESE PAST 3: VOICES OF THE ENTREPRENEURS. 4: SELF PERCEPTIONS AND “ORIGINAL SIN”. PRELUDE TO LIMINALITY. 5: THE LIMINAL RICH, HIDDEN NORMS, AND LEGITIMACY 6: “RED RICH” AND “NON-RED RICH” 7: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING FORWARDS