Synopses & Reviews
Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world. Napoleon's words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China's awakening reverberate across the globe. Award-winning journalist James Kynge takes measure of the tremors made as China's ravenous hunger for jobs, raw materials, energy, and food -- and its export of goods, workers, and investments -- drastically reshapes world trade and politics. Through dramatic stories of entrepreneurs and visionaries, factory workers and store clerks, Kynge describes the breakneck rise of China, the extraordinary problems the country now faces, and the consequences of both. He details the variety of China's deep and systemic weaknesses -- fraud and corruption, environmental crises, faltering government institutions, an aging population -- that threaten even greater global disruptions. As Thomas Friedman did in The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Kynge gives us a lucid and necessary account of a far-reaching phenomenon.
Synopsis
Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Napoleons words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from Chinas awakening reverberate around the globe. Award-winning journalist James Kynge takes measure of the tremors made as Chinas ravenous hunger for jobs, raw materials, energy, and food and its export of goods, workers, and investments drastically reshapes world trade and politics. Through dramatic stories of the people who are driving China's transformation entrepreneurs and visionaries, factory workers and store clerks Kynge describes the breakneck rise of China, the extraordinary problems the country now faces, and the consequences of both.
About the Author
James Kynge, a journalist in Asia for two decades, is the former bureau chief of the Financial Times in Beijing. Fluent in Mandarin, he has visited every Chinese province and is the recipient of numerous journalism awards. He has spoken at the World Economic Forum and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and has appeared on CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio.