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| The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China |
The New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans blasts America’s policy regarding the world’s most populous country One of our most perceptive China experts, James Mann has penned a vital wake-up call to all who are ignorant of America’s true relationship with the Asian giant. Our leaders may posit a China drawn to increasing liberalization through the power of the free market, but Mann asks us to consider a very real alternative: What if China’s economy continues to expand but its government remains as dismissive of democracy and human rights as it is now? Calling for an end to the current policy of overlooking China’s abuses for the sake of business opportunities, Mann presents a must-read book for anyone interested in global affairs. 
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Week Around the Ists
Photograph of Chicago's wild lightning by cshimala on Flickr Chicagoist survived a round of apocalyptic storms in which lightning struck the city's three tallest buildings at the same time . SFist fetched the smelling salts after looking at this shocking Gay Pride window display at the downtown Diesel store. Bostonist rocked the American Craft Beer Festival for the third
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The Reality of the ‘China Fantasy’
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From Foreign Policy:Is the “China Fantasy” starting to get deflated by reality? Three years ago, Jim Mann’s provocative book of that title identified the “China Fantasy” as the dogmatic belief of many Western political and commercial elites that China’s economic liberalization and growth would lead inevitably to democracy at home and responsible conduct abroad.
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom: 5 China books to look forward to in 2010
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a professor of history at University of California - Irvine, a co-founder of The China Beat , the editor of the Journal of Asian Studies, and the author, most recently, of Global Shanghai, 1850-2010 (2009) and China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (forthcoming in April). Today he writes on five books about China that you ought to take note of in
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