Rise and Fall of the East - How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, Technology Brought China Success,

This history of the relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity in China from ancient times to today considers how these factors are intertwined and examines how Xi Jinping's premium on conformity at the expense of new ideas can be detrimental to the country's future.

About the author

Yasheng Huang is the Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His books include Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State. He lives in Brookline, MA.

Product details

• Authors: Yasheng Huang, Huang Yasheng
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2023
• EAN: 9780300266368
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26636-8
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, 21st Century, Comparative Politics, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Asian History, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050