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The Chinese economy appears destined for failure, the financial bubble forever in peril of popping, the real estate sector doomed to collapse, the factories fated for bankruptcy. Orlik games out what will happen if the bubble that never pops finally does. The magnitude of the shock to China and the world would be tremendous. For those in the West nervously watching China's rise as a geopolitical challenger, the alternative could be even less palatable.

China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a concise introduction to the most astonishing economic growth story of the last three decades. In the 1980s, China was an impoverished backwater, struggling to escape the political turmoil and economic mismanagement of the Mao era. Today it is the world's second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the world's steel and coal, the biggest source of international tourists, and one of the most influential investors in developing countries from southeast Asia to Africa to Latin America.

From a former President of the United Nations Security Council, an authoritative look at the US, China, and the defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century “Mahbubani has written an excellent and important book on the biggest question in international affairs: how will the...

In China and the World, one of the world's leading China specialists, David Shambaugh, has assembled 15 leading international authorities on China to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly assessment of China's foreign relations and roles in international affairs.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China over seventy years ago, five paramount leaders have shaped the fates and fortunes of the nation and the ruling Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping. Under their leaderships, China has undergone an extraordinary transformation from an undeveloped and insular country to a comprehensive world power. In this definitive study, renowned Sinologist David Shambaugh offers a refreshing account of China's dramatic post-revolutionary history through the prism of those who ruled it.

La milenaria, compleja y convulsa historia de China, acaso uno de los procesos históricos más llamativos de todo el planeta, estudiada con precisión y detalle en un período que comprende desde las Guerras del Opio, a la lucha entre Mao Zedong y Chang Kai-Shek y la posterior proclamación del comunismo y el nacimiento de la nueva República Popular China.

"Didi Chuxing and Uber, Popular in China, Are Now Legal, Too" is from the July 28, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Mozur and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

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"China Pushes Back against U.S. Complaints of Industrial Overcapacity" is from the June 06, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and Jane Perlez and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"China’s Meitu, an Aspirational Beauty App, Goes Public" is from the December 15, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Amie Tsang and Emily Feng and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"China Clamps down on Online News Reporting" is from the July 25, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Forsythe and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"China's Leader Wears Many Hats but Only One Jacket" is from the May 25, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"China Faces a Surge in Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds" is from the August 15, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Javier C. Hernández and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Like some other nations, China, the world’s biggest polluter, has refused to accept international monitoring of its emissions and says it will provide data to outside observers. In the past, conflicting data about the country’s energy use has raised questions about accuracy.

"China’s Transparency Is Wild Card for Climate Pact" is from the January 10, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"China Sentences Hu Shigen, Democracy Advocate, to 7 Years in Prison" is from the August 03, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Javier C. Hernández and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"China Finds Its Global Ambitions Humbled in Its Own Backyard" is from the May 18, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Forsythe and Austin Ramzy and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"China, Denying Close Encounter with U.S. Plane, Points Finger at United States" is from the May 19, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"China's Viral Idol: Papi Jiang, a Girl next Door with Attitude" is from the August 24, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Qin and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"China Begins Air Patrols over Disputed Area of the South China Sea" is from the July 18, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Forsythe and narrated by Sam Scholl.

China announced Friday that it was banning all commerce in ivory by the end of 2017, a move that would shut down the world’s largest ivory market and could deal a critical blow to the practice of elephant poaching in Africa.

"China Banning Ivory, Thrilling Nature Groups" is from the December 31, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.