China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc : The Dynamics of a New Empire by Willem Van...

Description: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc : The Dynamics of a New Empire by Willem Van Kemenade Item specificsConditionBrand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ... Read moreabout the conditionISBN9780679777564EAN9780679777564Book TitleChina, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc : the Dynamics of a New EmpireItem Length8.5in.PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupPublication Year1998FormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishItem Height1in.AuthorWillem Van KemenadeGenreTravel, Business & Economics, History, Political ScienceTopicAsia / General, International Relations / General, International / General, Asia / ChinaItem Width5.5in.Item Weight19.3 OzNumber of Pages476 PagesAbout this productProduct InformationOn the eve of June 30, Hong Kong was officially passed back to China. This event will mark what Willem van Kemenade sees as the start of an increasingly problematic -- and even dangerous -- reintegration of the old Chinese empire into a new world superpower. Since the early 1980s, investment money has been pouring into China from Hong Kong and trade has escalated at a rocket's pace. A few years later, the same pattern began between China and Taiwan. The combination of Hong Kong/Taiwan management, financial and export know-how with China's inexhaustible pool of cheap labor and land has enabled China in one decade to leap from an impoverished revolutionary state to a major international trading power. This economic boom, in conjunction with the violation of intellectual property rights, systematic tax fraud, and the corruption of the police force, has helped shape the "socialist market economy," China's third way -- and a new mix of old-fashioned Soviet Communism and East Asian capitalism. The formal addition of Hong Kong will add to this mixture the democratic structures set in place by the British. And, as China moves to reclaim Taiwan (the process has already begun), it will be incorporating a rival Chinese sub-nation with a fully election-based political system and a powerful independence movement. Can such a reunified China resist the "spiritual pollution" of democratic values, human rights, and political freedom? Will it become the first depoliticized "corporatist superpower"? What are the prospects that reunification will be peaceful? Van Kemenade's portrait of the true internal power structures of the three Chinas provides our clearest look yet at the fastest-rising new empire in the world today.Product IdentifiersPublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-100679777563ISBN-139780679777564eBay Product ID (ePID)102813814Product Key FeaturesBook TitleChina, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc : the Dynamics of a New EmpireAuthorWillem Van KemenadeFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishTopicAsia / General, International Relations / General, International / General, Asia / ChinaPublication Year1998GenreTravel, Business & Economics, History, Political ScienceNumber of Pages476 PagesDimensionsItem Length8.5in.Item Height1in.Item Width5.5in.Item Weight19.3 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberDs706.K464 1998Target AudienceTradeLccn98-005349Dewey Decimal951Dewey Edition21BKBX 19

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