CHINA RISING: WILL THE WEST BE ABLE TO COPE?

Why do some countries get rich and other countries don't? Does one country's gain mean another country's loss? How do we address the biggest challenge of all: the fact that our environment suffers when we all want to have our share of the cake? These key questions in international economics and business are addressed in this timely book. Covering issues such as economic growth, the drivers of economic growth and international competition, pollution and the division of labor, the book focuses on China's emergence, but examples of other countries provide context and perspective. Written in a jargon-free style yet extremely well-researched, it is suitable for economists and non-economists alike.

Contents:

In Perspective: Long-Term Economic Growth
The West Competing with Low-Wage China
The Real Challenge, the Environment: The Return of Malthus?
China and the West, Asia and the Rest
Then the World Changed: Crisis

Readership: Academics in economics and business, business practitioners and general readers interested in the rise of China.

“The production of this book 'China Rising: Will the West be Able to Cope?' while Jan Willem Blankert was a fellow at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; his writing shows the cross-fertilization of ideas in an increasingly globalized world. Thoughtful analyses like this are essential for promoting better East-West understanding in this new era. Jan Willem Blankert has done the world a great service by producing this volume.”

Kishore Mahbubani
Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS), author of
The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East

“Once viewed with fear in the West, rising China is now seen as essential for the survival of the global economy. But does the West really have a coherent strategy towards China? And as China continues to post impressive growth rates despite the crisis, will Europe or America be able to cope? Jan Willem Blankert's book throws some much-needed light on these and other key challenges that the West faces as it strives to adapt to China's growing clout.”

Shada Islam
Leads the Asia programme at the European Policy Centre in Brussels, and
former EU correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review

“This book of Jan Willem Blankert offers timely information and in-depth analysis on the consequences and potential impact of China's rise on the global economic order and, above all, the environment. For anyone interested in China and its relations with the world, this book is highly recommended, if not a must-read.”

Jing Men
InBev-Baillet Latour Chair of European Union-China Relations
College of Europe, Bruges (Belgium)

“Since China will continue to grow — albeit at a slower pace — the answer depends not only on Beijing's conduct, but on whether the US and Europe can adapt to a new world order, argues Jan Willem Blankert in a refreshingly counter-intuitive book China Rising: Will the West be Able to Cope?”

The Business Times, Singapore

176pp		Pub. date: May 2009
ISBN: 978-981-283-795-0 981-283-795-7		US$28 / £21

176pp		Pub. date: May 2009
ISBN: 978-981-283-796-7(ebook) 981-283-796-5(ebook)		US$36 / £27

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