Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Where it is Heading - Rilegato

Jonathan Fenby

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ISBN 10: 1847373933 ISBN 13: 9781847373939

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster UK, 2012

Riassunto

There have been a plethora of books on China in recent years. Authors have forecast the coming collapse of the People's Republic or looked to the day when it will rule the world. So why another book on the most heavily populated country on earth which has emerged in the last three decades to occupy a central position on the global stage? Because, despite the stream of publications, there is no single book which pulls together the whole of the China story linking its very disparate elements to present a coherent portrait that explains to the general reader what China is and why it matters so much. With its expanding economy (already the second largest in the world), its population of more than 1.3 billion, its place at the core of the G20, its $2.4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, its trade surplus, its nuclear weapons and modernising military forces, its permanent seat on the UN Security Council and its ability to dispense cash without conditions to poor countries in return for the raw materials it gobbles up, China will become steadily more important in the world. It will not collapse. It is not the great exercise in smoke and mirrors depicted by some writers or a giant Ponzi scheme as posited by hedge fund bears. But neither will it rule the world for reasons that lie in its inner complexity, and complexes. In this compelling and lucid account based on years of research and first-hand experience, rooted in on-the-ground reporting, interviews, observations, analysis of data and a viewpoint that sees the country from the inside out, Jonathan Fenby links together the myriad features of today's China. The binary approach so often applied to China - the country is either good or bad, set to reach the stars or collapse in chaos - often boils down to the prejudices of its authors. Only by seeing China as a whole and joining the dots does Jonathan Fenby arrive at a coherent picture of its nature and depict its future, both internally and in its impact on the rest of the world.

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China perplexes the outsider...Rather than history, this is a snapshot of where the nation is today and a quick-fire analysis of what's next. Any businessman heading for China will find the book a great briefing - The Sunday Times

Jonathan Fenby is an outstanding journalist who has already written a first-class modern history of the country, and his latest book provides an excellent introduction to the problems confronting its people as they embark on the transition to the fifth generation of leadership since the Communist takeover in 1949 - Lord Patten

A fine example of the way history can begin to make sense of the country for an outsider - Guardian

Timely and brilliant ... a welter of examples ... superb analysis - Observer

Says so much about the everyday life the Chinese are living at the moment ... A book that leaves Chinese journalists speechless ... Mr Fenby not only understands the complete picture of China but is also able to interpret the situation and connect the dots. A real achievement - Caixin magazine, Beijing

Compelling ... succeeds admirably as a handbook on the confusing state of contemporary China - Sunday Indian

Dizzying...delightful reading ... ringside view of events ... all the more engaging for lacking partisanship - India Today

Read this book if you are getting curious about the conundrum that is rising China. It will tell you (almost) everything you need to know - Hindustan Times

Fenby, a shrewd and experienced journalist, keeps a sober head - Mail on Sunday

A bestselling examination of modern China by an experienced and fluent commentator. Fenby takes a middle course between those who believe China will ''rule the world'' and those predicting its imminent collapse - Financial Times

Fenby's attempts to be comprehensive and balanced make his book an invaluable primer to the general reader who wants to mug up on China - Literary Review

Jonathan Fenby is a distinguished journalist who has written extensively about China. He rejects many of the simplistic attempts to analyse the modern country. In Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Where it is Heading, he writes for the general, interested reader. This is a one-stop account of where the fastest-growing major nation stands, and what it means for both China and the world --Total Politics

Jonathan Fenby is a distinguished journalist who has written extensively about China. He rejects many of the simplistic attempts to analyse the modern country. In Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Where it is Heading, he writes for the general, interested reader. This is a one-stop account of where the fastest-growing major nation stands, and what it means for both China and the world --Total Politics

'There is a risk that a book summarising such a monumental story might get bogged down in dry, statistical detail. Fenby avoids this through lively, first-person reportage and vivid vignettes ... as a one-stop guide to political and economic realities in China today, Tiger Head, Snake Tails is fast-moving, informed and illuminating' --Julia Lovell, Guardian

L'autore

Jonathan Fenby is a former editor of the OBSERVER and of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. He is the author of several books including the acclaimed ON THE BRINK: THE TROUBLE WITH FRANCE and GENERALISSIMO: CHIANG KAI-SHEK AND THE CHINA HE LOST.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1847373933
• ISBN 13: 9781847373939
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 432