LSE Historian : This Is How China Became The World’s Manufacturer

Описание: Professor Elizabeth Ingleson is a historian of capitalism, US foreign relations, and US–China relations — a timely and critical intersection she explores in her acclaimed first book, Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade, published by Harvard University Press in 2024.

In the book, she unpacks a pivotal shift in the 1970s: when the old dream of American companies selling to China’s vast population gave way to a new vision — one of tapping into China’s massive labour force.

Drawing on rare corporate archives and extensive Chinese publications, Made in China reveals how business leaders, diplomats, traders, and policymakers on both sides helped reshape China’s role in global capitalism — and, in the process, redefined the American economy itself through deindustrialization and offshoring.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00- Trailer & Intro
01:52 - Deng's Legacy
02:29 - Why 1978 Isn't the Real Beginning
07:46 - The Two Nixon Shocks of 1971
14:26 - From 400 Million Customers to 800 Million Workers
17:43 - Mao's Three Worlds Theory
23:43 - Trade vs Diplomacy in US & China
27:27 - The Marco Polos of America
33:41 - Why MNCs Burned Cash In The Early Days
38:10 - The Textile Industry As The Canaries in the Coal Mine
47:07 - The 1974 Trade Act That Changed Everything
55:39 - Rethinking the Good Life
57:13 - Manufacturing Jobs: Political Theatre vs Reality
1:00:30 - Decoupling: Rhetoric vs Reality
1:03:51 - Advice for Graduating Students

This is Episode 45 of The Front Row Podcast

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