The China Dream : The Quest for the Last Great Untapped Market on Earth

For 700 Years, Ever Since The Time Of Marco Polo, The World Has Seen China As An Unrivalled Opportunity For Expanding Trade. Century After Century, Businessmen Have Invested Time And Resources Only To Have The Economy Crash And Their Dreams Turn To Dust. Yet They Always Return. In The 1990s, Foreign Corporations Committed Over $300 Billion Of Capital To China - More Than To Any Other Country In The World Bar The United States. In This Book, Joe Studwell Tells The Story Of Capitalism's Quest For The Greatest Untapped Market On Earth, Of The Corporations For Whom Dream Turned To Nightmare And, In The Light Of Her Accession To The World Trade Organisation, Of China's Perennial Ability To Keep Investors Coming Back.--book Jacket. Pt. 1. The Making Of A Miracle. 1. The Dream Through History. 2. A Man Called Deng. 3. Frenzy. 4. All Roads Lead To Beijing. 5. Demand And Supply -- Pt. 2. Miracle Deconstructed. 6. The Mornings After. 7. Suspect Numbers And The Perils Of Projection. 8. The Socialists' Trojan Horse. 9. Other People's Money -- Pt. 3. Reaching For Reality. 10. Parallel Economies. 11. Yesterday's Politics. 12. The Longest Dream. Joe Studwell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 285-343) And Index.