China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America

Kynge, James

ISBN 10: 0618705643 / ISBN 13: 9780618705641

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- and the Challenge for America
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618705643
• ISBN 13: 9780618705641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

An account by the former China bureau chief for the Financial Times analyzes China's economic rise and its impact on global affairs, assessing China's weaknesses--environmental pollution, crisis in social trust, weak financial system, and faltering government institutions--in terms of their disruptive effects on the world. 30,000 first printing.

About the Author

James Kynge, a journalist in Asia for two decades, is the former bureau chief of the Financial Times in Beijing. Fluent in Mandarin, he has visited every Chinese province and is the recipient of numerous journalism awards. He has spoken at the World Economic Forum and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and has appeared on CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio.