Digital Dragon: High-Technology Enterprises in China. By Adam Segal. [Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2003. xiii+184pp. $35.00. ISBN 0-8014-3985-X.]

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Digital Dragon claims to be “the first detailed look at a major Chinese institutional experiment and at high-tech endeavors in China” (inside book jacket). In fact, the book is more about the Chinese government's policies towards high-tech enterprises than about high-tech enterprises themselves. In particular it examines how four Chinese cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Xi'an – have differed in implementing such policies, and how policy variations have impacted on the nation's high-tech development trajectories in different localities.