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Liked It “China has the world's most rapidly changing large economy, Fishman details how hundreds of millions of peasants have migrated from rural to urban areas to find manufacturing jobs, providing an unlimited, low-wage workforce to power China's economy. "No country has ever before made a better run at...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“China has the world's most rapidly changing large economy, Fishman details how hundreds of millions of peasants have migrated from rural to urban areas to find manufacturing jobs, providing an unlimited, low-wage workforce to power China's economy. "No country has ever before made a better run at climbing every step of economic development all at once," he writes, in China, Inc. China invites large corporations to manufacture their products in their country—simply put, American companies can't compete with wages as low as 25 cents an hour and lack of regulation and oversight, so are forced to move their operations to China or completely change the focus of their business. Once the companies are in China, within a few months are the Chinese are copying and competing against the same companies they attracted.
ctmock wrote this review Sunday, July 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
China is currently the largest maker of toys, clothing, and consumer electronics, and is swiftly moving up the ladder in car production, computer manufacturing, biotechnology, aerospace, telecommunications, and other sectors thanks to low-cost, high-tech factories. China is also where the world is investing. In 2004, for instance, the city of Shanghai alone attracted over $12 billion in direct foreign investment, roughly the same amount as all of Indonesia and Mexico received. In tracing China's ascendancy over the past 30 years (with annual growth of an astonishing 9.5 percent), Fishman presents a flood of facts, figures, forecasts, and anecdotes and examines the implications of this unprecedented growth for China, the U.S., and the rest of the world. A great read and again exposes some of the themes brought brilliantly by Fareed Zakaria’s The Post-American World.”
“Repetitive, but has a lot of interesting facts. More of a reference book.”
Huzefa G wrote this review Wednesday, December 26 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A somewhat dry but necessary look at how China's going to rival the United States and if that's really as worrisome as it sounds.”
Jonathan wrote this review Wednesday, October 31 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is a book not easy to read. I found what I wanted to know about Shanghai and why outsourcing happens. I also wonder how long will it be before the Chinese laborers win their fight for better wages and benefits ?”
Thelma A wrote this review Saturday, April 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A bit urgent and breathless....ran out of breath for me”
Morpheusbooks wrote this review Tuesday, June 26 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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