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An assessment of the 2008 telecommunications restructuring in China

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  • Fu, Hanlong
  • Mou, Yi

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The restructuring in the Chinese telecom sector in 2008 has prompted heated discussion among telecom analysts and experts. Past research tends to take an optimistic view that China has embarked on a liberalizing route, resulting in utopian projections that domestic competition and foreign liberalizing forces would lead to the emergence of a telecom market operated primarily under the principles of free market economics in the near term. This paper, instead, argues that current telecom restructuring was largely driven by domestic agendas. Drawing from the bargaining perspective, this paper finds that, while it is true that market mechanisms play a significant role in the telecom industry, the impact of competition and privatization on the telecom market ultimately depends on the political endowments of Chinese society.

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  • Fu, Hanlong & Mou, Yi, 2010. "An assessment of the 2008 telecommunications restructuring in China," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(10), pages 649-658, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:34:y:2010:i:10:p:649-658
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