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The China Dream: The Elusive Quest for the Greatest Untapped Market on Earth
Joe Studwell
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Description for The China Dream: The Elusive Quest for the Greatest Untapped Market on Earth
Paperback. 380pp
For 700 years, ever since outsiders first wrote about the place, the world has believed there are untold riches to be harvested in China. More recently, with the rise of globalisation, the spread of capitalism, and the growth in its population to 1.3 billion, the belief in China's unparalleled potential has taken on the order of an obsession. During the 90s, China astounded the world with double-digit annual growth rates while attracting over $300 billion in foreign investment. Politicians, economists and business leaders everywhere foresaw in China a market for goods and services to dwarf all others. In this thoroughly ... Read more
For 700 years, ever since outsiders first wrote about the place, the world has believed there are untold riches to be harvested in China. More recently, with the rise of globalisation, the spread of capitalism, and the growth in its population to 1.3 billion, the belief in China's unparalleled potential has taken on the order of an obsession. During the 90s, China astounded the world with double-digit annual growth rates while attracting over $300 billion in foreign investment. Politicians, economists and business leaders everywhere foresaw in China a market for goods and services to dwarf all others. In this thoroughly ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Profile Business
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861973368
SKU
KNW0007280
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Joe Studwell
Joe Studwell has been a contributing writer to The Economist and was based in Beijing with The Economist Intelligence Unit. He is the founder and editor of The China Economic Quarterly.
Reviews for The China Dream: The Elusive Quest for the Greatest Untapped Market on Earth
Independent: a finely researched, important and cautionary contribution to our understanding of contemporary China .
Observer: provides an invaluable guide to the money-sink that is the contemporary Chinese economy .
Spectator: the book's clarity of expression will make it hard for even the most determined dreamers to refute .
Daily Telegraph: a very readable ... Read more