China Versus the West: The Global Power Shift of the 21st Century

作者 Ivan Tselichtchev著
出版社 Wiley
出版时间 2012年3月第1版
ISBN 9780470829721
定价 302.50

内容简介

ChinaVersustheWest?isaninnovativebook.Theauthor,aleadingspecialistontheinternationalandAsianeconomyandbusiness,presentsthemostcomprehensivepictureofthechangingpowerbalancebetweentheemergingsuperpowerChinaandthe“old”developedeconomiesoftheWest:mainlytheUS,EuropeandJapan.ThereadercanclearlyseeinwhatareasandtowhatextentChinahasbecometheworldleader,inwhatareasitiscatchingupandinwhatareastheWestretainsitssuperiorityandhasachancetostrengthenitfurther.Atthesametime,I.Tselichtchevunveilsabreath-takingstoryoftheglobaleconomyandbusinessinthebravenewworldwhichisnon-“West-led”andwheremajorgrowthdynamicsarecomingfromlargeemergingeconomies.Aradicallychangingeconomicenvironmentrequiresnewgovernmentpoliciesandbusinessstrategies.Thebookcontainsmanyvaluablesuggestionsandideas.Usinghisownanalyticalframework,theauthorpresentsasetofoptionsandalternativesforWesternbusinessesinthewakeofChina’sproductionandexportoffensive.Thebookprovidesauniquelysharpandthought-provokinganalysisofthefactorsbehindtheglobalcrisisof2008-2009,largelydifferentfromwhatweseeinotherpublications,andexaminesitsimplicationsfortheglobalpowerbalance.I.Tselichtchevvividlyshowsthatitwasnotglobal,butWesterncrisisofastructuralcharacterwhichdrasticallychangedtheChina-Westpowerbalanceintheformer’sfavor.Heprovidesstrongargumentsshowingthattoday’sChinaisstructurallyandmacro-economicallystrongerthanmostcountriesoftheWest.ThisleadshimtorethinkingtheveryessenceoftheChinesemodelofcapitalismandtoitsnewdefinition.Heexpressesunconventional,sometimescontroversial,butwell-foundedviewsaboutChina’sproblemsandweaknessesandtheprospectsforitspoliticalevolution.ThebookendswithinvaluableinsightsintoChina’suniqueroleintheworldeconomichistory,theessenceofthenon-“West-led”multipolarworldandthepositionsofitsmajorplayers.Arguingthatfromnowonnosinglecountrywillbeeverableto“ruletheworld”,itshowsnewopportunitiesdynamicChinaisopeningfortheWest.Thoroughlyanalyzinganddiscussingawiderangeofthekey,oftencomplicatedissueswhicharenowinthefocusoftheworld’sattention,thebookremainsveryreader-friendly.Itiswrittenintheformofanunconstraineddialoguewiththereader,containingalotoftheauthor’son-the-spotimpressions,interestingfacts,remarksandquotations.ChinaVersustheWestisamustreadingforeveryonewhowantstoknowmoreabouttheglobaldevelopments,ChinaandtheWest,andalso,perhaps,togetvaluableinputsandhintstofindhisorherownplaceintoday’snewworld.Itishighlyrecommendedforpolicy-makers,businesspeople,academics,analystsandjournalists.Itisavaluablesourceforprofessorsandstudentsoftheuniversitiesandbusinessschools.

作者简介

IvanTselichtchev,PhD,iscurrentlyaprofessorattheNiigataUniversityofManagement,Japan.HeisaninternationallyrenownedexpertandwriterontheAsianandglobaleconomyandbusiness,activelywritinginEnglish,Japanese,andRussian.Heistheauthoroffourbooks,coauthorofAsia'sTurningPoint(Wiley),contributortomanyotheracademicpublications,andtheauthorofnearlytwohundredarticles.TeachinginNiigatasince1994,hehasalsoworkedasapart-timefacultymemberinanumberofleadinguniversitiesinJapanandlecturedindifferentcountriesaroundtheworld.HeisacommentatorfortheCNBCinternationalTVnetwork.InGorbachev'sperestroikayears,hewasawardedtheLaborValorMedalandin2004,theCabinetOfficeoftheGovernmentofJapannamedI.TselichtchevSeikatsuTatsujin(AMasterofLife),signifyingapersonwithoutstandingachievementsandlifestyle.

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