China modernizes threat to the West or model for the rest?

There are two sharply contrasting views of China. 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 and authoritarian regime. So which China is the real China? This book addresses this question by exploring China's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peerenboom, R. P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008, 2008
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:There are two sharply contrasting views of China. 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 and authoritarian regime. So which China is the real China? This book addresses this question by exploring China's economy as well as it's legal system
Physical Description:xxi, 406 p.
ISBN:9780191696183