China : Friend or Foe?

Recently, I read a book called CHINA FRIEND OR FOE? . The book is really interesting and it explains lots of things about China , which many of you would not know. This is what is written behind the book:- China is growing phenomenally, with half the world's cranes currently on its soil. Its 1.3 billion people have around 300 million mobile phones and a purchasing power second only to the US, although, especially in rural areas, there is widespread poverty. Government censorship is a fact of life - with as many as 50,000 workers manning a firewall restricting citizen's access to the internet.

Yet few in the West know much about China. Popular press coverage is limited to stereotypes, the serious media to economics and business, and that's about it. What does China mean to the rest of the world?

Hugo De Burgh deals with the key questions : How is China managed? How are its relationship with its neighbours? How does the Party function? What do we need to know about Chinese Nationalism? Will the Chinese economy provide huge new opportunities for trade, or will it kill off our own livelihoods? How is China using its political and cultural influence? What about China's human rights?

Is China a friend to be welcomed or a foe to be guarded against? Accessible, straightforward and often astonishing, China: Friend or Foe? is the first popular exploration of one of the biggest issues of the next hundred years.