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In the Shadow of the Dragon
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In the Shadow of the Dragon

by Winter Nie, William Dowell
May 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
6h 48m
English
AMACOM
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PREFACE

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing oneself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering oneself is true power.

—Lao Tsu

Napoleon Bonaparte’s famous prophecy that “When China awakens, the world will tremble” has not fully come to pass yet, but it is clearly on the horizon. The Economis trecently noted that although China is now the world’s second economy, its share in global business investment is still only around 6 percent, and most of that is in wealthy countries, and to a large extent in the United States. In contrast, Great Britain accounted for more than 50 percent of overseas investment in 1914, and the United States accounted for a larger share than that in 1967. Whether or not it eventually surpasses the United ...

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ISBN: 9780814431702