TY  - GEN
T1  - Stumbling giant : the threats to China's future
A1  - Beardson, Timothy
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn841810471
AB  - "While dozens of recent books and articles have predicted the near-certainty of China's rise to global supremacy, this book boldly counters such widely-held assumptions. Timothy Beardson brings to light the daunting array of challenges that today confront China, as well as the inadequacy of leadership's responses. Threats to China come from many fronts, Beardson shows, and by their number and sheer weight these problems will thwart the nation's ambition to take over as the world's "Number 1 power". Drawing on extensive research and experience living and working in Asia over the last 35 years, the author spells out the details of China's situation: an inexorable demographic future of remorseless aging, extreme gender disparity, a shrinking labour force, and even a falling population. Also, the nation faces social instability, a devastated environment, a low-tech economy with inadequate innovation, the absence of an effective welfare safety net, an ossified governance structure, and radical Islam lurking at the borders. Beardson's nuanced, first-hand look at China acknowledges its historic achievements while tempering predictions of its imminent hegemony with a no-nonsense dose of reality."--Publisher's description
OP  - 517
CN  - HC427.95 .B42 2013eb
SN  - 9780300165517
SN  - 030016551X
SN  - 9780300205329
SN  - 0300205325
SN  - 1299546471
SN  - 9781299546479
SN  - 9780300165425
SN  - 0300165420
KW  - China : Economic conditions : 2000-
KW  - China : Politics and government : 21st century.
KW  - China : Foreign relations : 21st century.
KW  - Chine : Conditions économiques : 2000-
KW  - Chine : Politique et gouvernement : 21e siècle.
KW  - Chine : Relations extérieures : 21e siècle.
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Economic Conditions.
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Economic History.
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Economics : Comparative.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Economic Conditions.
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : International : Economics.
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - China
KW  - Since 2000
ER  -