Vampire State
The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Economy
Seiten
2024
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-837-7 (ISBN)
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78027-837-7 (ISBN)
In this book, Ian Williams tells the terrifying story of China’s vampire economy and the single-minded and ruthless policy of the Party to bend economics and business to its own will. All this is part of realising President Xi Jinping’s ambition of China becoming the world’s pre-eminent economic, technological and military power.
This is the terrifying story of China’s vampire economy.
State capitalism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics. A socialist market economy. There have been numerous descriptions of the Chinese economy. However, none seems to capture the predatory, at times surreal, nature of the economy of the world’s most populous nation – nor the often bruising and mind-bending experience of doing business with the Middle Kingdom.
Rules and agreements mean little. Markets are distorted, statistics fabricated, foreign industrial secrets and technology systematically stolen. Companies and entrepreneurs, at home and abroad, are bullied – often with the collusion of the victims themselves. The Party is in every boardroom and lab, with businesses thriving or dying at its will.
All this is part of realising President Xi Jinping’s ambition of China becoming the world’s pre-eminent economic, technological and military power.
This is the terrifying story of China’s vampire economy.
State capitalism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics. A socialist market economy. There have been numerous descriptions of the Chinese economy. However, none seems to capture the predatory, at times surreal, nature of the economy of the world’s most populous nation – nor the often bruising and mind-bending experience of doing business with the Middle Kingdom.
Rules and agreements mean little. Markets are distorted, statistics fabricated, foreign industrial secrets and technology systematically stolen. Companies and entrepreneurs, at home and abroad, are bullied – often with the collusion of the victims themselves. The Party is in every boardroom and lab, with businesses thriving or dying at its will.
All this is part of realising President Xi Jinping’s ambition of China becoming the world’s pre-eminent economic, technological and military power.
Ian Williams was foreign correspondent for Channel 4 News, based in Russia and then Asia. He then joined NBC News as Asia Correspondent. As well as reporting from China, he has also covered conflicts in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine. He won an Emmy and BAFTA awards for his discovery and reporting on the Serb detention camps during the war in Bosnia. He is currently a doctoral student in the War Studies department at King’s College, London, focusing on cyber issues.
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.08.2024 |
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Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 576 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78027-837-3 / 1780278373 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78027-837-7 / 9781780278377 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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