When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order

History lesson and prophecy, easy to read.

This book is on my reading list at uni. I ordered it from the USA and delivery was swift.

This is an exceptional book written with astonishing historical understanding combining the Western scholarship with own experiences from China. It shows a highly credible view of how our world will look like in the following decades. Quote Fareed Zakaria on the 2008 US presidential election debates: "[N]obody is talking about the rise of China, probably the most important thing happening in our lives." Luckily Jacques does. He takes the challenge and not just talks, but analyzes past, present and future on a way that has rarely seen before. Full credits for this bold survey on a hugely important topic. Jacques hits the bull's eye with this book and gives the best possible tool to understand the characteristics of the Sinocentric Post-American World of the 21st century.

It is my belief that future generations will look back on the 20'th Century wars in Europe the way we today look back on the Peloponnesian War fought by the ancient Greeks. An Homeric tragedy played out on an epic scale; amidst which Western civilization destroyed itself, in a series of bitter civil wars lasting some seventy years. Even today, millions exult in the Phyrric victories over Germany, and the later Cold War 'victory' over Soviet Russia; whilst remaining blissfully unaware of the phenomenal rise in the population and industrial power of China, the course and possible effects of which, this prophetic book attempts to chart.Napoleon was the first western leader to realize the potential of China, whilst in the 1930's Adolf Hitler gave strident warning of the 'Asiatic threat to European civilization'. Regarding himself as the chosen saviour of "a world on the brink of disaster!" he laid out a drastic programme, which if acted upon then; might have enabled Europe not only to maintain her world domination, but to establish "the Aryan millennium".History has made her judgement on that issue, and it now seems inevitable that "the Asiatic millennium" will have begun by 2030. By then China's billion strong workforce and surging economy, with India, Japan and the Asian Tigers close behind; will have wrested economic world mastery from America's ailing hands. With an ageing, dwindling population, riven by divisions of class, race and religion; there appears little the declining power of the West can now do to prevent this momentous event, but what will the effects of this New World Order be???Unhampered by democracy; will China's Leaders want to follow the West's example? Will China use her increasing economic base to expand her military muscle and dominate the world? Will China's increasing buying power on the World Markets reduce the rest of us to impoverished unemployment and starvation? Anyone under fifty should live to see these, and many other questions answered by the reality, so you don't need to buy or read this book; but I strongly recommend that you do.  When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order

Martin Jacques' detailed, scholarly and thorough exploration of Chinese history, culture, business methods and future possibilities proves as paradigm changing as he believes China to be. In one volume, Jacques offers a full menu: An entrée of an overview and subtle insights followed by a main course of historical roots and futurist predictions. Perhaps most valuably, he grounds China's business policy, theory and practices - and their likely future forms - in its history, culture and politics. His Western interpretations of China's motives are poetic when poetry helps readers understand and hard-nosed when plain talk serves best. Jacques' years in China and East Asia, and his life-long reporting about business and policy, make him uniquely suited to illuminate this mammoth subject. getAbstract strongly recommends this book to anyone who is intrigued by China or is doing business in East Asia, and to anyone interested in the cyclical nature of world power throughout history, particularly those who seek to mine that cycle for profit.

Martin Jacques proposes an interesting thesis - one that might very well come true in the near future. I found it a good read that was backed up by quite convincing data.