The China crisis : how China's economic collapse will lead to a global depression / James R. Gorrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorrie, James R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

China.

Economic conditions.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

Economic policy.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Physical Description:

xii, 292 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2013]

Summary:

Will the 21

Contents:

Chapter 1 A World on Edge 17

What Is the Proper Context in Which to Assess China Today? 18

China's Self-inflicted Crises 23

Great Leap Forward or Famine? 24

Cultural Revolution or Social Cannibalism? 26

How Has Economic Integration with the Global Economy Changed China? 30

Is China Becoming the. Next Superpower? 31

Trading Partner to the World 32

The World's Manufacturer 33

An Appetite for Commodities 34

Why Does China Have "Gold Fever?" 35

What Does the Rise of Other Nations, but Especially of China, Mean for the Current Financial System? 37

Marketing the China Brand 38

Does China Have a Bright and Powerful Future? 40

What's Really behind the Great Wall? 41

Notes 44

Chapter 2 Stability and Legitimacy: A Chinese Crisis from Within 47

What Kinds of Risks and Problems Are Typical of Unstable Nations? 48

Stability and Instability: What Are They? 49

The Source of China's "Stability" 51

What Are the Characteristics and Effects of Instability? 52

Does Stability also Mean "Legitimacy" in China? 54

Is Legitimacy of the Government Necessary for Stability? 55

Does Communist China Have a History of Stability? 56

Does China's Beijing Model Lead to Stability and Legitimacy? 58

Notes 59

Chapter 3 The Rising Tide of Instability 61

Has China Been Influenced by Western Ideas? 64

Sources of Rising Instability in China 66

Notes 96

Chapter 4 Is China's Economy Sustainable? 99

The Beijing Model: The Path Forward or Cannibal Capitalism? 100

What Is the Beijing Model? 104

Is the Beijing Model Self-Sustaining? 105

Notes 141

Chapter 5: China's Quiet Crisis: Financial and Economic Meltdown 145

A Perception of Strength 146

China's Quality of GDP 148

A Public and Private Stimulus Time Bomb 152

Development versus Economic Growth 155

How Much Was the Money Supply Expanded in China? 156

Bursting Bubbles 157

How Underperforming Are the Assets and the Loans Underlying Them? 159

China's Banks Looking for the Real Thing 161

Currency Manipulation and the Domestic Economy 164

Will the Yuan Devaluation Be Enough to Keep the Economy Going? 165

Inflation and Deflation Dangers 168

Food for Riots 169

Financial Endgame 172

Notes 174

Chapter 6 China's Extreme Environmental Degradation 177

Raging Environmental Crises 178

A History of Huge Mistakes 178

Hiding the Truth 183

Command Economies, Dehumanized Society, and Pollution 184

Pollution, Development, and Democracy 188

China's Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition 190

China's Air Pollution-Gasping For a Breath of Fresh Air 192

Bitter Water: China's Lakes, Rivers, and Streams of Poison 194

How Bad Is the Water Pollution Situation in China? 195

Cancer Villages and Insanity 196

Why Has' China's Water Pollution Gotten So Bad? 197

Lifeless Oceans 198

A Plague Upon the Land 199

China's Dead Zones 200

The Land of Arsenic 201

Why Is Such Pollution Tolerated? 202

CCP Land Policies Promote Abuse 203

Losing the Breadbasket 204

The Deforestation and Desertification of China 207

What Is the Real Cause of Desertification? 210

Ghosts of Famines Past 211

Notes 214

Chapter 7 Political Transition and the Breaking Point 223

Will Xi Jinping Unify the CCP? 227

Liberalization versus Stability 231

Passing the Torch: China's New Nationalism 232

Domestic Crises for the New Leadership 237

How Will the New Chinese Leadership Navigate the Rough Waters Ahead? 240

Hell and High Water 244

Notes 244

Chapter 8 Empire Decline and Complexity Theory 247

China as an Empire 248

Hong Kong 256

Taiwan 257

China's Uighur Problem in Xinjiang 258

The Sandals and Saffron Threat of Tibet 260

Fear and Greed in the New Leadership 262

Complexity Theory 263

Notes 270

Chapter 9 The Fall of the Red Dragon 273

China's War with China 275

The Breakup 279

Conclusion 283

Notes 284.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gorrie, James R. China crisis

ISBN:

9781118470770

111847077X

OCLC:

811597299