{"product_id":"the-china-crisis-9781118470770","title":"The China Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA controversial look at the impending Chinese economic collapsethe history behind it, its contemporary causes, and its dire implications for the global economy\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAll the experts agree: the 21st century belongs to China. Given America''s looming insolvency and the possibility of the collapse of the U.S. dollar, who can doubt that China is poised to take over the role of economic superpower? Written by political economist and leading financial journalist James Gorrie, this book offers a highly controversial, contrarian view of contemporary China. Drawing upon a wealth of historical and up-to-the-minute data, Gorrie makes a strong case that China, itself, is on the verge of an economic crisis of epic proportions. He explains how, caught in a recurrent boom\/bust cycle that has played itself out several times over the past sixty years, China is again approaching total economic and social collapse. But with one important difference this time: they may very well take the entire globa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 A World on Edge 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is the Proper Context in Which to Assess China Today? 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Self-Inflicted Crises 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreat Leap Forward or Famine? 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Revolution or Social Cannibalism? 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Has Economic Integration with the Global Economy Changed China? 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs China Becoming the Next Superpower? 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrading Partner to the World 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe World’s Manufacturer 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Appetite for Commodities 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Does China Have “Gold Fever?” 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does the Rise of Other Nations, but Especially of China, Mean for the Current Financial System? 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarketing the China Brand 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Does China Have a Bright and Powerful Future? 40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat’s Really behind the Great Wall? 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStability and Legitimacy: A Chinese Crisis from Within 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Kinds of Risks and Problems Are Typical of Unstable Nations? 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStability and Instability: What Are They? 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Source of China’s “Stability” 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Are the Characteristics and Effects of Instability? 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Stability also Mean “Legitimacy” in China? 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs Legitimacy of the Government Necessary for Stability? 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Communist China Have a History of Stability? 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes China’s Beijing Model Lead to Stability and Legitimacy? 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The Rising Tide of Instability 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHas China Been Influenced by Western Ideas? 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources of Rising Instability in China 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Is China’s Economy Sustainable? 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beijing Model: The Path Forward or Cannibal Capitalism? 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is the Beijing Model? 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs the Beijing Model Self-Sustaining? 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: China’s Quiet Crisis: Financial and Economic Meltdown 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Perception of Strength 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Quality of GDP 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Public and Private Stimulus Time Bomb 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment versus Economic Growth 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Much Was the Money Supply Expanded in China? 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Bursting Bubbles 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Underperforming Are the Assets and the Loans Underlying Them? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Banks Looking for the Real Thing 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurrency Manipulation and the Domestic Economy 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill the Yuan Devaluation Be Enough to Keep the Economy Going? 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInflation and Deflation Dangers 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood for Riots 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinancial Endgame 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Extreme Environmental Degradation 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRaging Environmental Crises 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA History of Huge Mistakes 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHiding the Truth 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommand Economies, Dehumanized Society, and Pollution 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePollution, Development, and Democracy 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Air Pollution—Gasping For a Breath of Fresh Air 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBitter Water: China’s Lakes, Rivers, and Streams of Poison 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Bad Is the Water Pollution Situation in China? 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCancer Villages and Insanity 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Has China’s Water Pollution Gotten So Bad? 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLifeless Oceans 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Plague Upon the Land 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Dead Zones 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Land of Arsenic 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Is Such Pollution Tolerated? 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCP Land Policies Promote Abuse 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLosing the Breadbasket 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deforestation and Desertification of China 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is the Real Cause of Desertification? 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGhosts of Famines Past 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Political Transition and the Breaking Point 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill Xi Jinping Unify the CCP? 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberalization versus Stability 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassing the Torch: China’s New Nationalism 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Crises for the New Leadership 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Will the New Chinese Leadership Navigate the Rough Waters Ahead? 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHell and High Water 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Empire Decline and Complexity Theory 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina as an Empire 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHong Kong 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaiwan 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s Uighur Problem in Xinjiang 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sandals and Saffron Threat of Tibet 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFear and Greed in the New Leadership 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplexity Theory 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 The Fall of the Red Dragon 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina’s War with China 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Breakup 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 287\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406875894103,"sku":"9781118470770","price":24.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118470770.jpg?v=1730497414","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-china-crisis-9781118470770","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}