China Wakes

China Wakes

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Author: Kristof

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 510


When China wakes, it will shake the world Napoleon Bonaparte once remarked. That moment is now at hand. In this powerful and intensely readable book, filled with the people and places of a vast country, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn capture and illuminate the two overwhelming - yet apparently incompatible - forces that are reshaping China today. The first is China's instinctive repressiveness, coupled with all the signs that this is an illegitimate, collapsing dynasty of Communist emperors clinging to an outdated ideology. The second is the new found prosperity of a second revolution, one whose significance dwarfs that of the first Communist revolution. At present rates the Chinese economy may surpass America's within a couple of decades to become the biggest in the world. The West has not yet begun to consider the consequences of China as a modern nation. Imagine another Japan, but with a dozen times as many people - plus nuclear weapons.



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Kristof

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 510


When China wakes, it will shake the world Napoleon Bonaparte once remarked. That moment is now at hand. In this powerful and intensely readable book, filled with the people and places of a vast country, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn capture and illuminate the two overwhelming - yet apparently incompatible - forces that are reshaping China today. The first is China's instinctive repressiveness, coupled with all the signs that this is an illegitimate, collapsing dynasty of Communist emperors clinging to an outdated ideology. The second is the new found prosperity of a second revolution, one whose significance dwarfs that of the first Communist revolution. At present rates the Chinese economy may surpass America's within a couple of decades to become the biggest in the world. The West has not yet begun to consider the consequences of China as a modern nation. Imagine another Japan, but with a dozen times as many people - plus nuclear weapons.