Phantom of the China Economic Threat

The fear that China's competitive stress will trigger another Asian crisis is flawed. This book dispels the myths behind the political rhetoric of the China economic threat and identifies the real risk for Asia. Combining rigorous research, economic logic and real-world examples, conventional thinking is debunked and the findings are irresistible.

'The author has made a new diagnosis of conventional views on China by treating them in an original and stimulating manner by showing a broad knowledge of published and unpublished materials on Asia, China in particular...The arguments are advanced through economic analysis, backed up by data and anecdotal evidence from the real world. The author has also analysed many of the arguments that point to China as a threat. Such a balanced assessment is the greatest value of the book.' - The Surveyors Times, Hong Kong

'Lo introduces sophisticated economic concepts in such a way that even the layman will finish up with a stronger understanding of what's really happening behind the alarmist headlines.' - FinanaceAsia

Auteur
CHI LO is an economic strategist based in Hong Kong. He has many years international research experience in economics, finance markets, and public policy and standards development, covering North American and Asian economies. He was Research Director (Greater China) at HSBC and Chief Economist (Northeast Asia) at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong. He is the author of two books, When Asia Meets China in the New Millennium: China's Role in Shaping Asia's Post-Crisis Economic Transformation (2003) and The Misunderstood China: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Bamboo Curtain (2004).

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The fear that China's competitive stress will trigger another Asian crisis is flawed. This book dispels the myths behind the political rhetoric of the China economic threat and identifies the real risk for Asia. Combining rigorous research, economic logic and real-world examples, conventional thinking is debunked and the findings are irresistible.

Contenu
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Foreword Introduction The New China Threat A Conspiracy Theory The Outsourcing Threat The Next Asian Crisis: Made in China? The Next Asian Crisis: Self-inflicted? The External Stresses The Real Danger Isn't Another Crisis What China Threat? Hollowing-out, Revisited Notes Bibliography Index