ENERGY: CHINA'S CHOKE POINT Book Michael Economides & Xina Xie EUC HC DJ

Description: Energy China's Choke Point by Michael J. Economides with Xina Xie Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. 316 pages. Copyright 2009 by Michael J. Economides. About the Book: China's accelerated political and economic changes since the emergence of Mao in the mid 20th century, colored by nearly a five-thousand-year-old culture and accentuated by centuries of unique history, have driven the once backward nation into one of the world's leading economic superpowers. A Confucian culture that includes hard work and non-questioning authority has contributed in a major way. Above all, China has been able to accomplish economic stardom without restorting to other nations' tendencies of militarism, such as the United States, wartime Japan, and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and has opted for a softer voice and patience rather than brutish machismo. China wants to be liked rather than feared, wants to be accepted than despised. This includes all its actions from foreign policy to the staging of the Olympics to the covering up of glitches and unpleasant events. Although China's ascend on the world stage is assured, a hurdle that has the potential to become its chokepoint is the fact that the country has few indigenous energy sources, other that highly polluting coal, in a world of galloping consumption with dwindling exhaustable resources. In order to tackle this challenge of finite energy, China will have to muster its own resources and shirk its need for world popularity and acceptance, embark on a number of tough and perhaps internationally unpopular tasks while retaining its responsibility to its own people and, to a large extent, the rest of the world. We strongly encourage you to thoroughly read the condition details above and to view all of the photos before purchasing, as these photos describe the item most accurately. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can. All orders are packaged properly and promptly shipped from Las Vegas, NV, USA. Thank you for your interest; please take the time to view all of the items within our Curioddities eBay store, as we have a wide variety of items including antiques, books and magazines, collectibles, music, toys, and many other vintage rarities and obscurities. We will combine shipping costs, just ask!

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