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In The China Dream, acclaimed business journalist Joe Studwell challenges the predictions that China will become an economic juggernaut on the world stage in the twenty-first century-and instead foresees an economic crisis. Tracing the most recent developments in China from Deng Xiaoping's "liberalization" of its market in the 1980s through the opening of its economy to foreign investment in the 1990s, Studwell examines the roadblocks to the continuation...

Discusses the commodity dynamics that the world will face over the next several decades and, in particular, the implications of China's rush for resources across all regions of the world.

"An internationally renowned historian presents a history of China from the death of Chairman Mao in 1976 to the present, including recovery from the disaster of the Cultural Revolution and unprecedented four-decade economic transformation."--

China has emerged as the "factory floor" for global production, providing the world with cheap goods at the astonishingly low "China Price." But there is a very steep price to pay for these low-budget consumables-a price that very well may have dire consequences for the health and security of the planet. The stark fact is that the current course of events foreshadows an extremely difficult future for the United States and for the world as a whole....

"The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention - and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third of the world's income by 2025. Yet, many of the views regarding China and India's market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay scrutinizes the phenomenal rise...