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China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 330.951
EAN: 9780618919062
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0618919066
Label: Mariner Books
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 11, 2007
Publisher: Mariner Books
Studio: Mariner Books
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Editorial Review:
"Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world." Napoleon's words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China's awakening reverberate around the globe. Award-winning journalist James Kynge takes measure of the tremors made as China's ravenous hunger for jobs, raw materials, energy, and food — and its export of goods, workers, and investments — drastically reshapes world trade and politics. Through dramatic stories of the people who are driving China's transformation — entrepreneurs and visionaries, factory workers and store clerks — Kynge describes the breakneck rise of China, the extraordinary problems the country now faces, and the consequences of both.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Good perspective on China in relation to the world
Writing this in 2008, May, I have to say that I enjoyed the book, it left me with an idea of China's position in the world, but also on how few I know about such a great and big country. It states facts, and very little opinions, and some of the facts are individual stories from which you have to draw your own conclusions.
Anyway, as a big country, I finish the book feeling the need to read and know way more about China, geography, history, different peoples; but if books sizes relate ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting discussion of the opportunities and challenges facing China's development
James Kynge, in his book China Shakes the World, states that a key question is whether or not the Western world will be able to "accommodate the manifestations of extreme strengths and profound weaknesses that are emanating from China." This 2006 Financial Times Business Book of the Year is an interesting and informative read. It provides snapshots of some of the effects that China's economic development has had around the world.
Throughout his book Kynge seeks to capture the impact of ... Read More
Rating: - Good high-level look at current topics in China
In preparation for a business trip to China, the first book I read was China Shakes the World by James Kynge. Mr. Kynge is a journalist with over twenty years of experience in Asia. The book is an easy read covering a number of current topics: Piracy, Environmental Concerns, Technology, Communism and the China/U.S. Relationship. The book offers a balanced look at China showing both the opportunity and challenges the country faces. No conclusions are drawn about the future, but the book is a good high ... Read More
Rating:  - Insightful Description
John Kynge provides an easy to read and interesting narrative of China's industrial growth and its impact on the people of China and the world. I read half the book in one sitting and couldn't wait to finish it. Many friends have asked to read it and it is now making the circuit. His ability to speak the language and 20 years of life in China provide much more than an academic primer.
Rating: - well delivered analysis that avoids taking a side
China has emerged as a new economic superpower. This book, written by the Financial Times' foreign correspondent to China, attempts to make sense of what it means for the rest of us.
What I like about this book is how it takes a simple step-by-step approach to outline the pros and cons of the situation. A lot of our political commentary these days seems to focus on the costs of China. Sometimes there are polly-anna visions of China that speak to its capacity to be a huge market for the ... Read More
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