Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China today, how it got there and why it has to change
HK$160.00
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This is a comprehensively updated account of where China stands today, covering the generational change in the leadership completed in March 2013, the Bo Xilai scandal and the changing course of the world's second largest economy and the last major state ruled by a Communist Party. Named as a book of the year by the Guardian, the Financial Times and Bloombery Business Week, it lays out the reality behind the spectacular statistics and explains why China has to change if it is to maintain its development and avoid major internal problems China's importance as an increasingly significant global force is a phenomenon of our times, but the world's most heavily populated nation has a history of catastrophe and tragedy, tyranny and repression, abject poverty, unfair business practice and corruption - and now faces environmental degradation and a demographic time bomb. In this compelling and lucid account based on years of research and first-hand experience, Jonathan Fenby links together the myriad features of today's China. He delivers a unique and coherent picture of its essence and evolution and contemplates its future - both alone and connected to the world around it.
'A bestselling examination of modern China by an experienced and fluent commentator' - Financial Times
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 130 mm
PRODUCT SAFETY : EU Toy Safety Directive - No warning
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Economics, Finance, Business & Management
History & Archaeology
This is a comprehensively updated account of where China stands today, covering the generational change in the leadership completed in March 2013, the Bo Xilai scandal and the changing course of the world's second largest economy and the last major state ruled by a Communist Party. Named as a book of the year by the Guardian, the Financial Times and Bloombery Business Week, it lays out the reality behind the spectacular statistics and explains why China has to change if it is to maintain its development and avoid major internal problems China's importance as an increasingly significant global force is a phenomenon of our times, but the world's most heavily populated nation has a history of catastrophe and tragedy, tyranny and repression, abject poverty, unfair business practice and corruption - and now faces environmental degradation and a demographic time bomb. In this compelling and lucid account based on years of research and first-hand experience, Jonathan Fenby links together the myriad features of today's China. He delivers a unique and coherent picture of its essence and evolution and contemplates its future - both alone and connected to the world around it.
'A bestselling examination of modern China by an experienced and fluent commentator' - Financial Times
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781847394118 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Fenby, Jonathan | |
| PUBLISHER : Simon & Schuster Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : April 25, 2013 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
PRODUCT SAFETY : EU Toy Safety Directive - No warning
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Economics, Finance, Business & Management
History & Archaeology