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China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc : The Dynamics Of A New Empire

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Genre: Travel, Political Science, Business & Economics, History ISBN: 9780679777564 Format: Trade Paperback Item Length: 8.5 in Language: English gtin13: 9780679777564 Publication Year: 1998 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Author: Willem Van Kemenade Topic: Asia / General, International Relations / General, International / General, Asia / China Item Height: 1 in Number of Pages: 476 Pages Item Width: 5.5 in Item Weight: 19.3 Oz Book Title: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc : the Dynamics of a New Empire

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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc : The Dynamics Of A New Empire ISBN13: 9780679777564 ISBN10: 0679777563 Author: Kemenade, Willem Van (Author), Van Kemenade, Willem (Author), Van Kemenade, William (Author) Description: On The Eve Of June 30, Hong Kong Was Officially Passed Back To China This Event Will Mark What Willem Van Kemenade Sees As The Start Of An Increasingly Problematic -- And Even Dangerous -- Reintegration Of The Old Chinese Empire Into A New World Superpower Since The Early 1980S, Investment Money Has Been Pouring Into China From Hong Kong And Trade Has Escalated At A Rocket's Pace A Few Years Later, The Same Pattern Began Between China And Taiwan The Combination Of Hong Kongtaiwan Management, Financial And Export Know-How With China's Inexhaustible Pool Of Cheap Labor And Land Has Enabled China In One Decade To Leap From An Impoverished Revolutionary State To A Major International Trading Power This Economic Boom, In Conjunction With The Violation Of Intellectual Property Rights, Systematic Tax Fraud, And The Corruption Of The Police Force, Has Helped Shape The Socialist Market Economy, China's Third Way -- And A New Mix Of Old-Fashioned Soviet Communism And East Asian Capitalism The Formal Addition Of Hong Kong Will Add To This Mixture The Democratic Structures Set In Place By The British And, As China Moves To Reclaim Taiwan (The Process Has Already Begun), It Will Be Incorporating A Rival Chinese Sub-Nation With A Fully Election-Based Political System And A Powerful Independence Movement Can Such A Reunified China Resist The Spiritual Pollution Of Democratic Values, Human Rights, And Political Freedom? Will It Become The First Depoliticized Corporatist Superpower? What Are The Prospects That Reunification Will Be Peaceful? Van Kemenade's Portrait Of The True Internal Power Structures Of The Three Chinas Provides Our Clearest Look Yet At The Fastest-Rising New Empire In The World Today The Return Of Hong Kong To China Has Enabled The Country To Change From An Impoverished, Revolutionary Country To A Major International Trading Power Van Kemenade Analyzes The Power Structures Of The Three Chinas, Offering A Clear And Comprehensive View Of The World's Fastest-Rising Empire Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: 1998-06-30 Weight: 1.34 lbs Dimensions: 1.15'' H x 8.38'' L x 5.5'' W Number of Pages: 476 Language: English

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