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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China modernizes
1. Verfasser:
Peerenboom, R. P.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxi, 406 p.)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191696183 (ebook) :
0191696188 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Human rights > China.
Democracy > China.
Globalization > China.
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