Screen LibraryWill China dominate the 21st century? /
China's spectacular growth has led to visions of the 21st century being dominated by the last major state on earth ruled by a Communist Party, its forward march seemingly unstoppable when contrasted with the West and Japan. In this book, Jonathan Fenby, a leading expert on the People's Rep...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Global futures series
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| Summary: |
China's spectacular growth has led to visions of the 21st century being dominated by the last major state on earth ruled by a Communist Party, its forward march seemingly unstoppable when contrasted with the West and Japan. In this book, Jonathan Fenby, a leading expert on the People's Republic, makes plain that China, too, faces major challenges which stand in the way of global domination. It has to deal with political, economic, social and international tests, each of which involves structural difficulties that will put the system under strain. The picture of China invoked by admirers to a |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 139 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-139). |
| ISBN: |
9780745679266 0745679269 9780745679273 (paperback) : 0745679277 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | DS779 |
| CLC: | D609.9 |
| Call Number: | D609.9/F331 |
| Contents: |
China's watershed -- The political trap -- Inflection point -- Behind the dream -- Why China will not dominate the 21st century. |