User:Arilang1234/Draft/The Writing on the Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century

Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Little, Brown & Company; 1st edition (18 Jan 2007) Language English ISBN-10: 0316730181 Hutton's most provocatively enjoyable work to date' Martin Vander Weyer, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A typically contrarian verdict on the tiger economy of the middle kingdom' Robert McCrum, OBSERVER Books to Watch in 2007 'Pertinent and provocative' HERALD 'A very informative, wide-ranging and readable study of the threat that China poses to itself and to the rest of the world' IRISH TIMES 'A thoughtful and useful corrective to the gushing praise of the uncritical sinofans' Howard Davies, MANAGEMENT TODAY 'There is much to be learned by reading The Writing on the Wall. Hutton is right to rub the noses of starry-eyed Western governments and investors in the formidable difficulties China faces' GUARDIAN 'Compelling ... this is a good book' OBSERVER 'The case he lays out is stark and well argued ... this book makes uncomfortable reading in Beijing - and for the rest of us whose fate is now bound up with the gamble that they can pull it off' NEW STATESMAN 'A lively and informative read ... engaging, like a robust conversation with a super-enthusiast' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Will Hutton's ability to articulate contemporary anxieties border on genius." This remark, cited on the dust-cover of his latest book must be true: I wrote it. The Writing on the Wall is a superb demonstration of my thesis ... Hutton takes on the most important political and economic story of our time. He has also produced a thought-provoking, wide-ranging and largely correct analysis' Martin Wolf, FINANCIAL TIMES 'I read it with amazement - and I have been paying attention to China since 1955 - and profit ... [this] is good thinking and Hutton, a journalist who writes persuasive plain English, makes his case, at some - necessary - length' SPECTATOR 'Hutton adeptly brings a massive - and significant - question down to size' RTE 'Hutton is surgical in his arguments' MAGILL 'Important ... A necessary and enlightening analysis' WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY 'Hutton certainly knows his economics and any reader can profit from what he has to say' INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE 'A big, booming book bristling with combination punches' INDEPENDENT
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Robert McCrum, Observer Books for 2007

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