When China rules the world: the rise of the middle kingdom and the end of the western world

2016·2.92 MB·English

by  Jacques Martin.

When China Rules the World
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martin jacques
When China Rules the World
The Rise of the Middle Kingdom
and the End of the Western World
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For Hari
My love for you has no limits, nor has it dimmed with time.
I miss you more than words can ever say.
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Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Maps xii
List of Tables xiii
List of Illustrations xiv
Acknowledgements xv
Note on Transliteration, Names and Currency xxii
Major Periods in Imperial China xxiii
1 The Changing of the Guard 1
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2 The Rise of the West 23
3 Japan – Modern But Hardly Western 46
4 China’s Ignominy 70
5 Contested Modernity 100
ii the age of china
6 China as an Economic Superpower 151
7 A Civilization-State 194
8 The Middle Kingdom Mentality 233
9 China’s Own Backyard 272
10 China as a Rising Global Power 317
11 When China Rules the World 364
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contents
12 Concluding Remarks: The Eight 415
Differences that Defi ne China
Appendix: The Overseas Chinese 436
Guide to Further Reading 438
Select Bibliography 442
Notes 469
Index 541
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List of Figures
1. Projected size of national economies. 3
2. Global distribution of military expenditure in 2005. 5
3. The fall and rise of China and India: changing shares of global GDP,
1820–2001. 30
4. The Japanese commitment to work. 60
5. Japanese expectations of the workplace. 61
6. The Japanese attitude towards rules. 60
7. Japanese pessimism about their international role and infl uence. 64
8. Japanese attitudes towards foreigners. 68
9. The world’s top twenty languages. 115
10. The role of foreign direct investment in China compared with other
Asian tigers. 158
11. China’s saving rate from 1981. 160
12. Economic performance of China and the USSR compared. 161
13. The decline in poverty in China. 162
14. China’s growing dependency on oil imports. 168
15. CO2 emissions compared. 172
16. Growing concern over environmental problems. 172
17. Lenovo commands largest share of China’s PC market. 176
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