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The China Fantasy by James Mann

The China Fantasy

Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China

Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China

By James Mann

By James Mann

By James Mann

By James Mann

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Jan 29, 2008 | ISBN 9780143112921

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    About The China Fantasy

    The book that got China right: a prophetic work on how America’s policies towards China led it away from liberalization and further towards authoritarianism, from the bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans

    “[The China Fantasy] predicted, China would remain an authoritarian country, and its success would encourage other authoritarian regimes to resist pressures to change . . . Mann’s prediction turned out to be true.” –New York Review of Books, October 2017

    “From Clinton to Bush to Obama, the prevailing belief was engagement with China  would make China more like the West.  Instead, as [James] Mann predicted, China has gone in the opposite direction.” -The New York Times, February 2018

    One of our most perceptive China experts, James Mann wrote The China Fantasy as a vital wake-up call to all who are ignorant of America’s true relationship with the Asian giant. For years, our leaders posited that China could be drawn to increasing liberalization through the power of the free market, but Mann asked us to consider a very real alternative: What if China’s economy continues to expand but its government remains as dismissive of democracy and human rights as it is now?

    Now the results are in: the reign of Xi Jinping has proven that Mann was right. To understand how China got to its current state and why it may not be too late to turn back, The China Fantasy is essential reading. Calling for an end to the current policy of overlooking China’s abuses for the sake of business opportunities, Mann presents an alternative path to a better China.

    About The China Fantasy

    The book that got China right: a prophetic work on how America’s policies towards China led it away from liberalization and further towards authoritarianism, from the bestselling author of Rise of the Vulcans

    “[The China Fantasy] predicted, China would remain an authoritarian country, and its success would encourage other authoritarian regimes to resist pressures to change . . . Mann’s prediction turned out to be true.” –New York Review of Books, October 2017

    “From Clinton to Bush to Obama, the prevailing belief was engagement with China  would make China more like the West.  Instead, as [James] Mann predicted, China has gone in the opposite direction.” -The New York Times, February 2018

    One of our most perceptive China experts, James Mann wrote The China Fantasy as a vital wake-up call to all who are ignorant of America’s true relationship with the Asian giant. For years, our leaders posited that China could be drawn to increasing liberalization through the power of the free market, but Mann asked us to consider a very real alternative: What if China’s economy continues to expand but its government remains as dismissive of democracy and human rights as it is now?

    Now the results are in: the reign of Xi Jinping has proven that Mann was right. To understand how China got to its current state and why it may not be too late to turn back, The China Fantasy is essential reading. Calling for an end to the current policy of overlooking China’s abuses for the sake of business opportunities, Mann presents an alternative path to a better China.

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    About James Mann

    James Mann, the author of Beijing Jeep, is a diplomatic correspondent and foreign affairs columnist for the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

    About James Mann

    James Mann, the author of Beijing Jeep, is a diplomatic correspondent and foreign affairs columnist for the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

    Product Details

    Category: Business | Domestic Politics

    Paperback | $13.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jan 29, 2008 | 160 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143112921

    Category: Business | Domestic Politics

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 15, 2007 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9781101201978

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    Praise

    “If Americans revered veteran China correspondents the way Chinese communists revere their founding revolutionaries, former Los Angeles Times bureau chief Jim Mann would justly be hailed as an ‘immortal.'”
    -Clay Chandler, editor, Fortune Asia

    “Mr. Mann has perfectly described the blend of hope and cynicism that currently underpins American policy toward China.”
    -Gordon S. Chang, The New York Sun

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