The Coming Collapse of China
Gordon G. Chang
Jul 2021 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Nancy Wu
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China is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a Chinese-American lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon. Peer beneath the veneer of modernization since Mao's death, and the symptoms of decay are everywhere: Deflation grips the economy, state-owned enterprises are failing, banks are hopelessly insolvent, foreign investment continues to decline, and Communist party corruption eats away at the fabric of society.
Beijing's cautious reforms have left the country stuck midway between communism and capitalism, Chang writes. With its impending World Trade Organization membership, for the first time China will be forced to open itself to foreign competition, which will shake the country to its foundations. Economic failure will be followed by government collapse. Covering subjects from party politics to the Falun Gong to the government's insupportable position on Taiwan, Chang presents a thorough and very chilling overview of China's present and not-so-distant future.
Beijing's cautious reforms have left the country stuck midway between communism and capitalism, Chang writes. With its impending World Trade Organization membership, for the first time China will be forced to open itself to foreign competition, which will shake the country to its foundations. Economic failure will be followed by government collapse. Covering subjects from party politics to the Falun Gong to the government's insupportable position on Taiwan, Chang presents a thorough and very chilling overview of China's present and not-so-distant future.
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Joseph Lee
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June 7, 2022
Me. Gordon Chang is a republican and a hard-liner toward China just because he and his party dislike Chinese policy and the status of China has advanced to. It’s for this reason Mr. Chang wishes China ill-well. If he were black person then he would be called an Uncle Tom, for an Asian he is referred to as a Banana.
Brian Rowe
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June 16, 2022
Turns out Gordon Chang's "sky is falling" predictions have failed every time, he is just wishcasting
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March 9, 2022
Biased. Betraying his own people to sell a book.
About the author
Gordon Chang has lived & worked in China for almost two decades, most recently in Shanghai, as counsel to the American law firm Paul Weiss. His articles on China have been published in "The New York Times", "The Asian Wall Street Journal", "The Far Eastern Economic Review", & "The International Herald Tribune".
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