- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (1 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0753821559
- ISBN-13: 978-0753821558
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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Should the U.S. worry about China? Most definitely— but, by Kynge's account, for different reasons from the ones being raised on Capitol Hill.
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"captures the ambivalence that many intelligent people feel about the rise of China... excellent reporting."
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Unlike most books on China, this one does not concentrate on how to do business there, but rather on how Chinese business practices and economic prospects are affecting the whole world. Hardly a sensationalist, Mr. Kynge nevertheless arrives at highly troubling conclusions: China has vast potential for growth, but is also full of very real weaknesses - a combination that can throw the global economy into turmoil if it becomes unbalanced.
The author writes in a fluid easy to read style that grabs your attention, with personal stories and observations, while also providing enough data to make his points convincingly.
The author writes in a fluid easy to read style that grabs your attention, with personal stories and observations, while also providing enough data to make his points convincingly.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone unimpressed by the general run of business books will find this a refreshing exception. First up, it is beautifully crafted. James Kynge brings an evocative personal perspective to China and the Chinese. The former Financial Times bureau chief in Beijing also has a topic which is vast and important - the book's publisher has classified it as history, not business. The themes - not least how it has taken a nominally socialist bureaucracy to destroy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of foreign capitalists' intellectual property - are intriguing, amusing and insightful. The book also bravely touches on issues such as the way China is ravaging the environment, its own and that of its neighbours. A rare buy-two-copies-and-give-one-to-a-friend book that is far better than the much-hyped The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman, which takes a rather banal conceit and milks it dry.
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very serious book on China written by a veteran journalist. Good story, but its understanding about China vast changes and factors behind remains very much on the surface. One basic weakness is its insufficient knowledge about the Chinese communist government and its motives for reform. A more insightful book on this issue comes from a Chinese reporter named George Zhibin Gu: China and the new world order, which identifies China's main problem: a self-appointed, overextended, and abusive government bureaucracy. Both books should be helpful in understanding what is inside China and its changing relations with the world.
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Absolutely terrific book
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