Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash

by Walden Bello

Book Overview

Emerging relatively unscathed from the banking crisis of 2008, China has been viewed as a model of both rampant success and fiscal stability. But beneath the surface lies a network of fissures that look likely to erupt into the next big financial crash. A bloated real-estate sector, roller-coaster stock market, and rapidly growing shadow-banking sector have all coalesced to create a perfect storm: one that is in danger of taking the rest of the world's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786995972
• ISBN13: 9781786995971
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"