From Dependency Theory to Neo-Dependency Theory:Also an Evaluation of Neo-Dependency Theory on China's Economic Cooperation with Late Developing Countries
The dependency theory,as a strong theoretical tool that profoundly criticizes the wide-ning gap between the rich and the poor and the unfair international economic system dominated by the West during the Cold War,has attracted widespread attention and aroused heated discussion.Howev-er,due to the limitations of the theory itself and the fact of the rise of emerging economies,the de-pendency theory once lost its theoretical influence.In the new era,with the widening North-South gap under the influence of economic globalization and the suppression of the legitimate development rights of the"Global South"by developed countries,the dependency theory has been revitalizing itself into the neo-dependency theory,a theoretical tool for late developing countries to achieve economic rise,providing a critique of economic globalization led by the West and a reflection on the regional in-tegration process in those late developing countries.China is one of the main research focuses of the neo-dependency theory,although scholars have disputes over the role that the country has been pla-ying in the process.