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In line behind a billion people : how scarcity will define China's ascent in the next decade
- Author
- Ma, Damien, author.
- Title
- In line behind a billion people : how scarcity will define China's ascent in the next decade / by Damien Ma and William Adams.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Financial Times Press, 2014.
- Description
- xi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other contributors
- Adams, William, author.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Part I: Economic scarcity
- 1. Resources : while supplies last
- 2. Food : Malthus on the Yangtze
- 3. Labor : where did all the migrants go?
- Part II: Social scarcity
- 4. Welfare : socialism with Chinese ... actually, no, not socialism at all
- 5. Education : give me equality ... but not until after my son gets into Tsinghua
- 6. Housing : home is where the wallet is
- Part III: Political scarcity
- 7. Ideology : the unbearable lightness of the Yellow River spirit
- 8. Values : what would Confucius do?
- 9. Freedom : keep on rockin' in the firewalled world
- Conclusion.
- Subject headings
- China--Economic conditions--2000- China--Economic policy--2000-
- ISBN
- 9780133133899 (hbk.) 0133133893 (hbk.)