Research. Reviews. Ideas. Built for investment professionals.
Communist Party
Why China Will Not Dominate the 21st Century
China breeds superlatives. It is the world's most populous country; its Communist party is the planet's biggest political movement; it contains half of the world's pigs; and its citizens smoke 38 percent of the world's cigarettes. But it is also very easy to be swept away by the apparent inevitability of China's dominance. Author and historian Jonathan Fenby argues that despite China's huge strengths, its manifold weaknesses will ensure it does not dominate the 21st century.