Will Hutton H-I event - The writing on the wall

Will Hutton spoke at an H-I event and about the insights from his book – The writing on the wall. There was also an active debate that at the meeting which we can continue on line.

China constitutes a fifth of the world’s population. Over the last twenty years its economy has doubled to make it the fifth largest economy in the world; if the pace is repeated over the next twenty years it is set to become second only to the US. The speed of its development is stunning, a combination of cheap labour and commitment to science and technology that has never been matched by a developing country. The re-emergence of China as a superpower constitutes the biggest challenge the world has had for more than a century. Never before in modern times has the financial, trade, economic and diplomatic world pecking order been so profoundly reconstituted with the challenger country itself in the grips of incredible ideological and political change. This is a transition both internally in China and externally in the world beyond beset by hazard and risk.  Will Hutton in the Observer 7 Jan 2007

NewChina. New crisis

In the last decade China has emerged as a powerful, resurgent economic force with the muscle to challenge America as the global superpower. But, in his controversial new book, Will Hutton argues that China’s explosive economic reforms will create seismic tensions within the one-party authoritarian state and asks: can the centre hold?http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1984044,00.html 

You can order the book and see reviews at Amazon – link here The Writing on the Wall

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