Used – China, Splendors and Miseries of Growth - Bésanger Serge - Alban edition

Author(s) : Bésanger Serge Publisher : Alban Editions Publication : 04/08/2008 Number of pages : 250 Number of books : 1 Weight : 352 g Dimensions : 22.5 x 15 x 2 EAN : 9782911751547 Summary :

China is, more than ever, a land of contrasts. Long subjugated, it is on the verge of becoming the world's leading power and is working relentlessly towards this goal. The overall wealth of the Chinese continues to grow - the country produces millionaires (sometimes accidental) at a sustained pace - but it remains very unevenly distributed. What will become of the eight hundred million rural inhabitants who make do with four bowls of noodles a day? While they have gained economic and private freedom, the Chinese have unfortunately not yet progressed in terms of public freedom. While they are currently financing our deficit, Chinese banks are said to have a staggering 911 billion dollars in non-performing loans! And what about the impact of the country's activities on the environment? It seems that in this matter, China has understood that solutions must be found quickly. For example, the Chinese electronics firm Lenovo has gone from last to first place in the Greenpeace ranking of electronics manufacturers based on their ecological character in three years. Will China grow old before it gets rich, or will it succeed in time to make the necessary turn to achieve the rank of the world's leading power? The author proposes to guide you from one extreme to the other, to give you the keys to better understand this unique country, with its envied growth yet so criticized. He invites you to share his reflections on the economic, political and strategic components of contemporary China, without ever being tiresome, punctuating his analysis with portraits, anecdotes and real-life stories.