ABSTRACT
It seems there were no Chinese among the anti-globalization protesters at Cancún in 2003, Genoa in 2002, or Seattle in 1999. This might be partly because the Chinese could not get visas to travel to these spots, or partly because since 1989 the Chinese have not been used to protesting in the street. But basically, it seems the Chinese have quite enjoyed globalization, in as much as their trade dependency has increased steadily (see Figure 15.1) and their country has become the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the world. It seems the Chinese were even cheerful about membership of the WTO, which many analysts had predicted would bring them nightmares. China's trade dependency. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203946527/f47abeb0-2ac1-4ad0-8302-c41c56aad577/content/Fig270_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> Source: China Statistics Yearbook 2005.
