Behind all the glitter
http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3D3935963
May 5th 2005 | HONG KONG
From The Economist print edition
Interesting and informed books about China's rise and the global impact
of its economy are not easy to come by, as three new offerings attest
CHINA'S boom-and its effect on western manufacturing jobs and
consumer prices-is underlined by an array of impressive, if somewhat
familiar, statistics. China now consumes 40% of the world's cement, a
third of its coal and a quarter of its steel. The move of its peasants
to the cities is the greatest migration in human history. Paid at less
than 50 cents an hour, these disciplined workers can out-compete anyone
in the world.
The Chinese Century: The Rising Chinese Economy and Its Impact on the
Global Economy, the Balance of Power, and Your Job
By Oded Shenkar
Wharton; 191 pages; $25.95. FT Prentice Hall; =A317.99
China Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and
the World
By Ted C. Fishman
Scribner; 342 pages; $26.
Simon & Schuster; =A312.99
Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China
By Rachel DeWoskin
Norton; 304 pages; $24.95
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