When China rules the world : the end of the western world and the birth of a new global order / Martin Jacques.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacques, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Economic aspects--China.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

International relations.

China.

China--Foreign relations--1976-.

China--Politics and government--2002-.

Politics and government.

China--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Economic conditions.

China--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Western countries--Foreign relations--China.

Western countries.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 812 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, [2012]

Summary:

Explains how China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world.

Contents:

1 The Changing of the Guard 1

Part I The End of the Western World

2 The Rise of the West 29

3 Japan - Modern But Hardly Western 55

4 China's Ignominy 82

5 Contested Modernity 117

Part II The Age of China

6 China as an Economic Superpower 173

7 A Civilization-State 241

8 The Middle Kingdom Mentality 294

9 China's Own Backyard 342

10 China as a Rising Global Power 406

11 When China Rules the World 489

12 Concluding Remarks: The Eight Differences that Define China 561

13 Afterword - After the Financial Crisis: The Beginning of the Chinese World Order 585.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0143118005

9780143118008

OCLC:

813040262