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China Shakes The World: The Rise of a Hungry Nation: The Rise of the Hungry Nation [Kindle Edition]

James Kynge
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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.

FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW

"captures the ambivalence that many intelligent people feel about the rise of China... excellent reporting."

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 581 KB
  • Print Length: 292 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0753826704
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (30 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004JHY8P8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #60,683 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Excellent 22 May 2007
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.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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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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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Absolutely terrific book
I was really impressed with this excellent and incredibly readable book. The author is very positive about the global impacts fo China's rise and clearly has huge passion for the... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Miss Smith
An Illuminating book about Modern China
This is a great book about China and it's impact on the rest of the world - both positive and negative. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Baraniecki Mark Stuart
Highly recommended
Superb overview on this emerging superpower, after a week of reading this book you will have a sound understanding of both the motivators and barriers to the potential of China to... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Andrew
Excellent! But watch out for a dodgy cartel rubbishing this book and...
An excellent book. A few broad insights, particularly that China is struggling with a top-down system which means there's no dialogue from the grassroots up which in turn means... Read more
Published 22 months ago by lovetolearn
A Most Informative and Readable Book on Modern China
Finding a decent book to learn more about a developing country can often be a double edged sword. Many books you find can be extremely informative but grueling reads (often... Read more
Published on 16 April 2010 by D. J. Simons
Entertaining, but not necessarily useful
When Kynge writes about China, he clearly knows his subject. He has spent many years living and working there, speaks the language and knows the people. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by G. D. Norris
Excellent overview.
This book gives an general overview of the economic reforms taking place in China over the last 30 years and makes for interesting, if sobering, reading. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by Gregor
Amazing is an understatement !!
A brilliant read, by the time you finsh this book, you will start feeling what China's voracious apetite for everything has done to this world. Read more
Published on 28 July 2009 by Abhisek Halder
Entertaining at times but missing the big picture
The book is easy to read and entertaining at times, and painful at others. There are real gems of insights, eg: the conflict between the central government and the local ones in... Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2008 by Roaming Ranger
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