Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism, With Dr. Angela Zhang

Antitrust policy provides a perfect lens to see the systematic
differences between China and Western liberal democracies,
according to Dr. Angela Zhang, director of the Center for Chinese
Law at the University of Hong Kong. In her book Chinese Antitrust
Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global
Regulation, Zhang argues China leverages antitrust law to achieve
industrial policy objectives—including in the tech sectors that
are crucial to its rivalry with the United States—but it does so
through an insular bureaucracy that is surprisingly fragmented
and therefore difficult for outsiders to understand. Rob and
Jackie sat down with Dr. Zhang to discuss the internal power
dynamics that shape China’s regulatory environment and how it
affects the competitive balance of power in the global economy.


Mentioned:


Angela Huyue Zhang, Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the
Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation(Oxford University
Press, 2021).

Robert D. Atkinson and Michael Lind, Big Is Beautiful:
Debunking the Myth of Small Business (The MIT Press, 2018).



Related:


Robert D. Atkinson and Michael Lind, Who Wins After U.S.
Antitrust Regulators Attack? China. (ITIF, 2018).

Robert D. Atkinson and David Moschella, Competing With China:
A Strategic Framework (ITIF, 2020).