The China Fantasy
Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China
$51.99
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2008
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 |
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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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