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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aWill Hutton _929704
245			_aWriting On The Wall: China And The West In The 21St Century
260			_aGreat Britain _bLittle, Brown _c2006
300			_axii,431 p. _bPB _c23x15 cm.
520			_aThe prevailing view of China is of an economic juggernaut set to make the 21st century its own. This provocative and stimulating book warns instead that China is running up against a set of daunting challenges from within that could well derail its rise and, in turn, deliver a crippling shock to the global economy. Britain, Europe and the US must recognise that they have a vital stake in assuring that collapse does not happen. China's effect on our lives is reflected in our house prices, the inequality in our wages and the prices we pay in our shops. Yet China is burdened by a weak enterprise system, growing social protest and environmental degradation. Hutton shows how the contradictions of an authoritarian state are fundamentally disabling and argues that if China is to complete the transition to capitalism upon which it has embarked, it has no choice but to embrace the mechanisms that make business and government accountable to people - from a free press to representative governance. This is a powerful warning that global peace and prosperity depend upon successful transition.
650			_a International Economic Relations _929705
650			_aEconomic History _929706
650			_a Economic Policy _929707
650			_aWorld Trade Organization _929708
650			_aFinance _929709
700			_aHUTTON (Will) _929710
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