China Shakes the World : A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- And the Challenge for America

from wandering_star

This is a book about China's rise and what it means for us and the future, written by the FT correspondent in Beijing. The first half is a detailed and frankly rather worring look at why it is difficult for anyone else in the world to compete with China as a manufacturer - a huge workforce willin...

from vikesh90

Describing a country as huge as China is not an easy task, and specially when the country has its own set of contradictions, they have a communist government using capitalist methods to achieve necessary growth and momentum in the economy that keeps the country stable socially. James Kynge has do...

from ElizabethPisani

Carefully balanced and beautifully human view of China's perhaps-not-quite-inexorable rise.

from Miro

This is a great book about China and it's impact on the rest of the world - both positive and negative. James Kynge lives in Beijing, speaks Mandarin, and first went to China in 1982. He was the Financial Times bureau chief from 1998 to 2005. To get an idea of the profound changes in China it's w...

from BobbyMiami

This is a must read book to understand what is happening to our economy, the future of our Country and the World.