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Book SynopsisAs China evolves, so does the global marketplace-all the way down to the consumer The End of Cheap China is a detailed look at the rise of China, and how it will affect the global marketplace.
Table of ContentsPrologue ix
Chapter 1 Chinese Billionaires Outnumber American Ones 1
Chapter 2 Cheap Chinese Labor? Not Anymore: China’s Workers Are Demanding Better Pay and Better Conditions—And They Are Earning Them 19
Chapter 3 Stability Is the Key to Happiness: How China’s Government Thinks and Why It Acts the Way It Does 39
Chapter 4 The Modern Chinese Woman 63
Chapter 5 Why Chinese Consider Kentucky Fried Chicken Healthful: China’s Iffy Food Supply Chain Is Putting a Premium on Safe Food 85
Chapter 6 Understanding Corruption in China: What China’s Underground Sex Trade Shows about Its Government 103
Chapter 7 China’s Real Estate Sector: Boom or Bust or Something Else? 125
Chapter 8 Chinese Neo-Colonialism in Africa and the End of American Hegemony? 147
Chapter 9 China’s Educational Sector: Preventing China from Cementing Its Superpower Status 171
Chapter 10 What the End of Cheap China Means for the Rest of the World 189
Epilogue 203
Postscript 205
Acknowledgments 209
Index 211
