Modernisierung und Automobilisierung in China

摘要

Is the world witnessing “catch-up modernization” in the hegemonic western sense of the model? Or will China take an “alternative Asian path of development”? The scenario of pursuing a radically new automotive technology and building a “post-fossil fuel mobility industry” could be realistic — and desirable from the standpoint of resources and the environment. China would have less existing know-how to unlearn and less fossil-fuel infrastructure to write-off than any other country with an established automotive industry. But analyses also show how many factors indicate the merits of avoiding an alternative path when it comes to modernization as a whole and to China’s motorization.