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Cover art for CHINA’S MEGATRENDS
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 5, 2010

"An intriguing look at the new China."
An analysis of economic, social and political patterns that attempts to explain the Chinese economic miracle. Read full book review >
Cover art for CHINA UNDERGROUND
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2009

"A hardy, useful work of journalism."
In 16 punchy, occasionally underdeveloped essays, a young American journalist who has lived and studied in China spotlights some of the marginal types whose stories reveal a lot about this drastically changing country. Read full book review >
Cover art for POSTCARDS FROM TOMORROW SQUARE
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 6, 2009

"Neither alarmist nor apologist, one of the clearest and most enjoyable accounts of China currently available."
Dispatches from Atlantic Monthly national correspondent Fallows (Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq, 2006, etc.) capture with clarity and humor the present and future of the country that could be the next world superpower. Read full book review >
Cover art for RIVALS
NONFICTION
Released: May 5, 2008

"Brightly written, in Economist tradition, and of much interest to fiscal wonks, geopoliticians and investors."
The East, to steal a line from Mao, is red: red-hot, that is, economically, and on the way to reshaping the global economy. Read full book review >
Cover art for WHAT DOES CHINA THINK?
NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2008

"Useful reading for students of contemporary politics and international affairs."
A brief view of China's emergence as a world player, politically as well as economically. Read full book review >
Cover art for CHINA, INC.
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2005

"A thought-provoking and accessible forecast of strange times to come. "
Will China soon own the world? Perhaps. Read full book review >