Stumbling Giant - The Threats to China's Future (Paperback)

Can anything prevent China surpassing the United States and becoming the world's superpower? While dozens of recent books and articles have predicted the near-certainty of China's rise to global supremacy, this book boldly counters such widely-held assumptions. Timothy Beardson brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of the policy responses. Threats to China come on many fronts, Beardson shows, and by their number and sheer weight these problems will thwart any ambition to become the world's "Number One power." Drawing on extensive research and experience living and working in Asia over the last 35 years, the author spells out China's situation: an inexorable demographic future of a shrinking labor force, relentless aging, extreme gender disparity, and even a falling population. Also, the nation faces social instability, a devastated environment, a predominantly low-tech economy with inadequate innovation, the absence of an effective welfare safety net, an ossified governance structure, and radical Islam lurking at the borders. Beardson's nuanced, first-hand look at China acknowledges its historic achievements while tempering predictions of its imminent hegemony with a no-nonsense dose of reality.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2014
Authors:	Timothy Beardson
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	528
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-20532-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic forecasting Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics
LSN:	0-300-20532-5
Barcode:	9780300205329

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