Description |
vii, 342 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction : the world shrinks as China grows -- Ch. 1. Taking a slow boat in a fast China -- Ch. 2. The revolution against the communist revolution -- Ch. 3. To make 16 billion socks, first break the law -- Ch. 4. Meet George Jetson, in Beijing -- Ch. 5. Chairman Mao sells soup -- Ch. 6. Through the looking glass -- Ch. 7. The China price -- Ch. 8. How the race to the bottom is a race to the top -- Ch. 9. Pirate nation -- Ch. 10. The Chinese-American economy -- Ch. 11. The Chinese century -- Ch. 12. One last story |
Summary |
"China Today is visible everywhere - in the news, in the economic pressure battering America, in the workplace, and in every trip to the store. Provocative, timely, and essential, this dramatic account of China's growing dominance as an industrial superpower by journalist C. Fishman explains how the profound shift in the global economic order has occurred - and why it already affects us all."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Industrialization -- China.
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Investments, Foreign -- China.
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Competition, International.
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SUBJECT |
China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001557
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China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023
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China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101758
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United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100081
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LC no. |
2004065328 |
ISBN |
0743257529 |
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0743257529 : |
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0743257529 : |
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