The China Fantasy by James Mann - ISBN: 9780143112921
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America’s China policy: a fantasy that fueled authoritarianism, not freedom.

The China Fantasy

Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China

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    160 pages

  • Release Date

    29 January 2008

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Summary

The book that got China right—a prophetic work on how America’s policies towards China led it away from liberalization and further towards authoritarianism, from the bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans.

“The China Fantasy predicted, China would remain an authoritarian country, and its success would encourage other authoritarian regimes to resist pressures to change… . Mann’s prediction turned out to be true.” — New York Review of Books, October 2017

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143112921
ISBN-10:0143112929
Author:James Mann
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:29 January 2008
Weight:125g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 11mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

If Americans revered veteran China correspondents the way Chinese communists revere their founding revolutionaries, former Los Angeles Timesbureau chief Jim Mann would justly be hailed as an

“If Americans revered veteran China correspondents the way Chinese communists revere their founding revolutionaries, former Los Angeles Times bureau chief Jim Mann would justly be hailed as an ‘immortal.’”
-Clay Chandler, editor, Fortune Asia

“Mr. Mann has perfectly described the blend of hope and cynicism that currently underpins American policy toward China.”
-Gordon S. Chang, The New York Sun

About The Author

James Mann

James Mann is the senior writer in residence at the CSIS International Security Program and the author of two critically acclaimed books- About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton and Beijing Jeep. Previously, he was a long-time correspondent with the Los Angeles Times, and his writing has also appeared in The New Republic and The Atlantic Monthly.

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