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Red alert : how China's growing prosperity threatens the American way of life / Stephen Leeb with Greg Dorsey.

By: Leeb, Stephen, 1946-.
Contributor(s): Dorsey, Greg.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Business Plus, 2011Edition: 1st ed.General Notes: Includes index.Description: xxv, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780446576239; 0446576239; 9780446576246; 0446576247.Subject(s): Energy policy -- China | Environmental policy -- China | Energy policy -- United States | Environmental policy -- United States | China -- Economic policy -- 2000- | United States -- Economic policy -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 330.973
Contents:
The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead -- China's environmental smokescreen -- Peak oil has arrived--and peak coal isn't far behind -- Blind to copper realities -- Rare earth elements are getting rarer--and China has them -- Other critical commodities and China's global land grab -- The rise of resource nationalism -- Why dealing with declining resources is easier for China -- The limits of Western democracy in dealing with critical problems : Tiananmen Square versus 9/11 -- Responses to the financial crisis of 2008 -- The other critical metal : gold -- China's additional strengths -- Potential pitfalls : China's infrastructure, food, and water -- A message for America from Confucius.
Summary: A look at the growing political, economic, and social power of China and the threat that nation poses to the Western world.
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Includes index.

The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead -- China's environmental smokescreen -- Peak oil has arrived--and peak coal isn't far behind -- Blind to copper realities -- Rare earth elements are getting rarer--and China has them -- Other critical commodities and China's global land grab -- The rise of resource nationalism -- Why dealing with declining resources is easier for China -- The limits of Western democracy in dealing with critical problems : Tiananmen Square versus 9/11 -- Responses to the financial crisis of 2008 -- The other critical metal : gold -- China's additional strengths -- Potential pitfalls : China's infrastructure, food, and water -- A message for America from Confucius.

A look at the growing political, economic, and social power of China and the threat that nation poses to the Western world.

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