When China Rules the World The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order: Second Edition

by Jacques, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780143118008
• ISBN10: 0143118005
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-28
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

According to even the most conservative estimates, China will ascend to the position of world economic leader by 2050. In this far-reaching and original investigation, Jacques offers provocative answers to some of the most pressing questions about China's growing place on the world stage.

Author Biography

Martin Jacques, a political journalist and scholar, is the coeditor and coauthor of The Forward March or Labour Halted?, The Politics of Thatcherism, and New Times. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. xi
List of Maps	p. xv
List of Tables	p. xvii
List of Illustrations	p. xix
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
Note on Transliteration, Names and Currency	p. xxxiii
Major Periods in Imperial China	p. xxxv
The Changing of the Guard	p. 1
The End of the Western World
The Rise of the West	p. 29
Japan - Modern But Hardly Western	p. 55
China's Ignominy	p. 82
Contested Modernity	p. 117
The Age of China
China as an Economic Superpower	p. 173
A Civilization-State	p. 241
The Middle Kingdom Mentality	p. 294
China's Own Backyard	p. 342
China as a Rising Global Power	p. 406
When China Rules the World	p. 489
Concluding Remarks: The Eight Differences that Define China	p. 561
Afterword - After the Financial Crisis: The Beginning of the Chinese World Order	p. 585
Appendix-The Overseas Chinese	p. 637
Notes	p. 641
Guide to Further Reading	p. 731
Select Bibliography	p. 736
Permissions	p. 777
Index	p. 779
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