This is the terrifying story of China's vampire economy. State capitalism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics. A socialist market economy. There have been numerous descriptions of the Chinese economy. However, none seems to capture the predatory, at times surreal, nature of the economy of the world's most populous nation - nor the often bruising and mind-bending experience of doing business with the Middle Kingdom. Rules and agreements mean little. Markets are distorted, statistics fabricated, foreign industrial secrets and technology systematically stolen. Companies and entrepreneurs, at home and abroad, are bullied - often with the collusion of the victims themselves. The Party is in every boardroom and lab, with businesses thriving or dying at its will. All this is part of realising President Xi Jinping's ambition of China becoming the world's pre-eminent economic, technological and military power. One of the Financial Times' Best New Books on Economics in 2024
| ISBN: | 9781780279633 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 2025 |
| Author: | Ian Williams |
| Publisher: | Birlinn an imprint of Birlinn Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
Economics Geopolitics International relations Economic history Politics and government Economics, Finance, Business and Management |
This is the terrifying story of China's vampire economy. State capitalism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics. A socialist market economy. There have been numerous descriptions of the Chinese economy. However, none seems to capture the predatory, at times surreal, nature of the economy of the world's most populous nation - nor the often bruising and mind-bending experience of doing business with the Middle Kingdom. Rules and agreements mean little. Markets are distorted, statistics fabricated, foreign industrial secrets and technology systematically stolen. Companies and entrepreneurs, at home and abroad, are bullied - often with the collusion of the victims themselves. The Party is in every boardroom and lab, with businesses thriving or dying at its will. All this is part of realising President Xi Jinping's ambition of China becoming the world's pre-eminent economic, technological and military power. One of the Financial Times' Best New Books on Economics in 2024
Vampire State features in the following genres: Economics, Geopolitics, International relations, Economic history, Politics and government, Economics, Finance, Business and Management
Vampire State is available in Paperback, Digital download, Hardback
Vampire State was written by Ian Williams and published by Birlinn an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Vampire State has 368 pages
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