Why the world needs China : development, environmentalism, conflict resolution & common prosperity / Kyle Ferrana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferrana, Kyle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Foreign economic relations.

China.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

xi, 404 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Clarity Press, Inc., [2024]

Summary:

"After the fall of the Soviet Union, the world entered an unprecedented, more exploitative stage of imperialism, in which the United States faced no rivals and no organized resistance to its agenda. The lesser titans of global capitalism--France, the UK, Germany, Japan--have united under its leadership. While the US portrays itself as a noble example of freedom and democracy, it has in fact led the world to greater inequality than ever before. This is no accident; western capitalists reap colossal profits every year at the expense of everyone else through unequal international trade. This global capitalist class controls the US and other allied governments, and through them the militaries, financial institutions, and other organizations that coerce its victims into perpetual underdevelopment. The West's grip on the world, however, is now becoming more tenuous. For the first time in decades, its victims have a real path toward progress. Chinese finance is building badly-needed infrastructure where the West would not, Chinese commerce is providing a lifeline to countries the US has targeted for destruction, and Chinese industry is producing new sources of renewable and transition energy at an unparalleled rate. Though it has yet to fully step into this role, the People's Republic of China has become the de facto leader of the free world. As this reality becomes increasingly obvious, the United States is impeding China's rise though threats, coercion, and a massive media smear campaign; the western capitalists have recognized that China's existence is making global resistance feasible again and are thus preparing a new Cold War to destroy it once and for all. Has China abandoned socialism? Many claim that it has, but the remarkable social and economic changes in 21st-century China tell a different story. While western social-democratic movements continue to fail, the Communist Party is delivering greater prosperity, wealth redistribution, multicultural development, and the aggressive elimination of rural poverty. A close analysis reveals that despite Western hopes that capitalism might subvert and unravel China's socialist construction, it is the poorer classes, the Chinese workers and peasantry, who wield the greatest influence over their country's destiny, and are building the best model for positive change in the world."-- Publisher's website

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781949762877

1949762874

OCLC:

1450718365