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The coming collapse of China / Gordon G. Chang.

By: Publication details: New York : Random House, c2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxii, 344 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 037550477X (acidfree paper)
  • 9780375504778 (acid-free paper)
  • 0812977564 (pbk.)
  • 9780812977561 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Coming collapse of China.DDC classification:
  • 951 21
LOC classification:
  • HC427.92 .C3375 2001
Contents:
Foreword: The Final Chapter -- 1. The Dinner Party: The Revolution Has Grown Old -- 2. Lake of Gasoline: The Discontent of the People Is Explosive -- 3. Industrial Theme Parks: State-Owned Enterprises Are Dying -- 4. [email protected]: Is the Communist Party Ready for the Internet? -- 5. Life Everlasting: Industrial Policy Grants Perpetual Existence to the Inept -- 6. The Banks That Sank: Chinese Banks Will Fail -- 7. Biting the Snakes: The State Attacks the Private Sector -- 8. Highway Girls: China's Economy Stagnates -- 9. Trade Charade: WTO Accession Will Trigger Collapse -- 10. Sentences Without Verbs: Ideology and Politics Restrain Progress -- 11. Emerging in the East: Can the Chinese State Evolve?
Review: "The collapse of China is unthinkable. The consequences for its people - and for the people of the world - could be catastrophic. Three times larger than the United States, China has an economy that many predict will blossom into the world biggest by 2010. The county may be America's greatest rival, but each of us, from diplomat to businessman to ordinary consumer, has a vital interest in China's stability." "The People's Republic, however, is failing. The government is corrupt and weak, the economy is stalling, and the social fabric fraying in both countryside and city. As at so many times in the past, the Chinese people want change. Soon they will demand it." "The Coming Collapse of China does not flinch. It states what almost no one will say out loud: The end of the modern Chinese state is near. The People's Republic has five years, perhaps ten, before it falls. This book tells why."--BOOK JACKET.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks HC427.92 .C3375 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-327) and index. TBC00012912

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-327) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The collapse of China is unthinkable. The consequences for its people - and for the people of the world - could be catastrophic. Three times larger than the United States, China has an economy that many predict will blossom into the world biggest by 2010. The county may be America's greatest rival, but each of us, from diplomat to businessman to ordinary consumer, has a vital interest in China's stability." "The People's Republic, however, is failing. The government is corrupt and weak, the economy is stalling, and the social fabric fraying in both countryside and city. As at so many times in the past, the Chinese people want change. Soon they will demand it." "The Coming Collapse of China does not flinch. It states what almost no one will say out loud: The end of the modern Chinese state is near. The People's Republic has five years, perhaps ten, before it falls. This book tells why."--BOOK JACKET.

Foreword: The Final Chapter -- 1. The Dinner Party: The Revolution Has Grown Old -- 2. Lake of Gasoline: The Discontent of the People Is Explosive -- 3. Industrial Theme Parks: State-Owned Enterprises Are Dying -- 4. [email protected]: Is the Communist Party Ready for the Internet? -- 5. Life Everlasting: Industrial Policy Grants Perpetual Existence to the Inept -- 6. The Banks That Sank: Chinese Banks Will Fail -- 7. Biting the Snakes: The State Attacks the Private Sector -- 8. Highway Girls: China's Economy Stagnates -- 9. Trade Charade: WTO Accession Will Trigger Collapse -- 10. Sentences Without Verbs: Ideology and Politics Restrain Progress -- 11. Emerging in the East: Can the Chinese State Evolve?

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