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Unmade in China

The Hidden Truth about China's Economic Miracle
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Unmade in China by Jeremy R. Haft provides a revealing look at the true nature of China's manufacturing landscape. Contrary to popular belief, China is not a manufacturing giant but rather a complex economy reliant on intricate supply chains, with significant imports from the US sustaining millions of American jobs. Drawing on years of industry experience and detailed data, Haft exposes systemic risks in Chinese manufacturing and explains why this presents both challenges and opportunities for America.
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This book is ideal for policy-makers, business leaders, academics, and anyone interested in global economics, China’s manufacturing sector, and US-China trade dynamics.

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If you look carefully at how things are actually made in China - from shirts to toys, apple juice to oil rigs - you see a reality that contradicts every widely-held notion about the world's so-called economic powerhouse. From the inside looking out, China is not a manufacturing juggernaut. It's a Lilliputian. Nor is it a killer of American jobs.

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If you look carefully at how things are actually made in China— from shirts to toys, apple juice to oil rigs—you see a reality that contradicts every widely-held notion about the world's so-called economic powerhouse.

From the inside looking out, China is not a manufacturing juggernaut. It's a Lilliputian. Nor is it a killer of American jobs. It's a huge job creator. Rising China is importing goods from America in such volume that millions of U.S. jobs are sustained through Chinese trade and investment.

In Unmade in China, entrepreneur and Georgetown University business professor Jeremy Haft lifts the lid on the hidden world of China's intricate supply chains. Informed by years of experience building new companies in China, Haft's unique, insider’s view reveals a startling picture of an economy which struggles to make baby formula safely, much less a nuclear power plant.

Using firm-level data and recent case studies, Unmade in China tells the story of systemic risk in Chinese manufacturing and why this is both really bad and really good news for America.

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Praised by International Affairs as essential reading for policymakers and businesses worldwide, the book offers a compelling analysis of why China cannot surpass the United States economically. Lawrence H. Summers highlights the book's factually grounded insights as vital for understanding global economic futures, while Richard Gephardt commends it for challenging conventional wisdom and illuminating US-China trade relations.

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ISBN: 9780745684017

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 September 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 43.0mm

Height: 91.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Jeremy Haft has been starting and building companies in China for fifteen years across the breadth of China's economy - from light and heavy industries to agriculture. Haft is the author of All the Tea in China: How to Buy, Sell, and Make Money on the Mainland (Penguin, 2007), which presents best practices for importing, exporting, and doing business in China. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University who lectures in both the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the McDonough School of Business, Haft's analysis on China trade has been featured in such media as National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, CNN, CNBC, Fox, NBC, CBS, and ABC.

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