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China: The Stealth Empire: Why the World is Not Chinese Yet
Edward Burman
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Description for China: The Stealth Empire: Why the World is Not Chinese Yet
Hardback. Asks why it is that China despite its size and once advanced culture and technology did not become a world power? This book traces the answer through Chinese innate sense of superiority which made foreign conquest and trade an irrelevance. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
China: The Stealth Empire asks why it is that China despite its size and once advanced culture and technology did not become a world power centuries ago? Burman traces the answer through Chinese innate sense of superiority which made foreign conquest and trade an irrelevance. This is about to change with the evolution of what is termed the Stealth Empire characterised by world dominance in the production of consumer goods, a growing share of world manufacturing and a strong sense of nationalism. The Chinese believe that they need to do nothing as they evolve by the middle of the century ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750946834
SKU
V9780750946834
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Ref
99-50
About Edward Burman
Edward Burman is a British born author, company director and management consultant resident in Beijing. He is also Visiting Professor at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts where he teaches European Culture. Among his previous books are The Inquisition: the Hammer of Heresy, 1984 and Emperor to Emperor: Italy Before the Renaissance
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