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China Threat?: The Challenges, Myths and Realities of China's Rise
As seen on Bloomberg TV’s "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox"
"Is China a threat? Not by nature, but perhaps by reaction."― Forbes
From the long-term threat of nuclear war between the United States and China, to the disappearance of the African elephant due to Chinese demand for ivory, each week brings a new round of critique and denunciation of the risks China poses to the stability of the entire planet. While critics raise a certain number of fundamental questions that bear asking about this nascent superpower, the answers put forth are usually based on ideological or economic considerations. Lionel Vairon systematically challenges these views in this updated edition of China Threat?
With an incisive review of China’s economic strategy, deployment of resources, national defense, political reform, ethnicity and religion, terrorism, and developments in human rights, Vairon amply demonstrates that China poses no threat to the world. On the contrary, China Threat? shows that China’s peaceful rise should be a matter of positive news across the globe.
"Is China a threat? Not by nature, but perhaps by reaction."― Forbes
From the long-term threat of nuclear war between the United States and China, to the disappearance of the African elephant due to Chinese demand for ivory, each week brings a new round of critique and denunciation of the risks China poses to the stability of the entire planet. While critics raise a certain number of fundamental questions that bear asking about this nascent superpower, the answers put forth are usually based on ideological or economic considerations. Lionel Vairon systematically challenges these views in this updated edition of China Threat?
With an incisive review of China’s economic strategy, deployment of resources, national defense, political reform, ethnicity and religion, terrorism, and developments in human rights, Vairon amply demonstrates that China poses no threat to the world. On the contrary, China Threat? shows that China’s peaceful rise should be a matter of positive news across the globe.
218 pages, Hardcover
First published July 30, 2013
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April 23, 2019
Great book to catch up on Chinese socioeconomic status as of 2013. The author makes some very good points regarding China’s development in the realm of press freedoms, religious and cultural identity freedoms, and other human rights. And he often makes helpful comparisons from the France and the US. The economic growth projections (in comparison to other economies) was interesting, and the highlight of problems in Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan was super! The book can be a bit redundant, but I thoroughly enjoyed and would look for a sequel to catch up on the last 6 years. It could be a helpful
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