TY - BOOK AU - Hutton,Will TI - The writing on the wall: China and the west in the 21st century SN - 9780349118826 (pbk.) AV - HC427.95E183.8.C5 H8615 H979 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - London, England PB - Little, Brown. KW - International economic relations KW - China KW - Economic policy KW - 2000- KW - Economic conditions KW - United States KW - Relations N1 - Previous editions were published with a different subtitle "why we must embrace China as a partner or face it as an enemy"; Includes bibliographical references (p.[400]-424) and index; The last great powers -- Pride and fall -- Mao's bequest -- The odd couple : communism and capitalism -- The state they're in -- The economic impossibility of the halfway house -- The democratic graces -- The soft infrastructure of capitalism -- Of war and peace -- It's the enlightenment, stupid -- Born in the USA N2 - The prevailing view of China is of an economic juggernaut set to make the 21st. century its own. This provocative and stimulating book warns instead that China is running up against a set of dauntig challenges from within that could well derail its rise and, iet turn, deliver a crippling shock to the global economy. Britain, Europe and the United States must recognise that they have a vital stake in assuring that collapse does not happen ER -