China modernizes threat to the West or model for the rest?
Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political and legal attributes...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York
Oxford University Press
2007
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| Summary: | Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political and legal attributes within the context of the developing world. - ;Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today. On the one hand a rising superpower predicted to have the largest economy in the world by mid century, on the other hand a brutal, anachronistic and authoritarian regime, a threat to geo-stability and. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 406 p. ill. 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199208344 (alk. paper) 9780199208340 (alk. paper) |