Grzegorz W. Kolodko is Professor of Economics at Kozminski University in Warsaw, and founder and Director of the TIGER Institute of Economic Affairs. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Finance, where he was a key architect of the economic reforms that brought Poland into the OECD in the 1990s. He is the author of Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future (Palgrave, 2014) and of Truth, Errors and Lies: Economics and Politics in a Volatile World (Columbia University Press, 2011). He has written widely for international media and his books have been translated into 16 different languages.

Grzegorz Kolodko has written a concise, erudite, balanced and perceptive book on the global implications of China's unstoppable rise. We are moving, inescapably, into a multi-polar and multi-cultural world.

• List of diagramsList of mapsList of tables Initial reflectionsChapter One: Economy and security1. Cold War Two 2. Cascade of threats3. Technology and politicsChapter Two: The century of Asia with China leading the way?1. A country in the middle of Asia2. New Silk Road instead of exporting revolution3. Nobody likes a hard landingChapter Three: People and goods in the changing world 1. Between a demographic explosion and a population deficit2. How long, how fast?3. Where is the East, where is the West?4. Myth of the free market being perfectChapter Four: Socialism, capitalism or Chinism?1. Economy – society – state2. In search of equilibrium 3. Socialism with Chinese characteristics or corrupt crony capitalism? 4. Whither China and what business is it to others5. Tertium daturChapter Five: Recipe for crisis1. At the expense of many for the benefit of few2. Legally but immorallyChapter Six: What do the Chinese ask about?1. Right questions at the right time2. What students want to know3. Chinese panoply of questionsChapter Seven: New pragmatism with Chinese characteristics1. Vision rather than illusions2. 16+1 initiative3. China coming to our rescue? Final reflections ReferencesIndex

Grzegorz W. Kolodko is Professor of Economics at Kozminski University in Warsaw, and founder and Director of the TIGER Institute of Economic Affairs. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Finance, where he was a key architect of the economic reforms that brought Poland into the OECD in the 1990s. He is the author of Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future (Palgrave, 2014) and of Truth, Errors and Lies: Economics and Politics in a Volatile World (Columbia University Press, 2011). He has written widely for international media and his books have been translated into 16 different languages.

Grzegorz Kolodko has written a concise, erudite, balanced and perceptive book on the global implications of China's unstoppable rise. We are moving, inescapably, into a multi-polar and multi-cultural world.

• List of diagramsList of mapsList of tables Initial reflectionsChapter One: Economy and security1. Cold War Two 2. Cascade of threats3. Technology and politicsChapter Two: The century of Asia with China leading the way?1. A country in the middle of Asia2. New Silk Road instead of exporting revolution3. Nobody likes a hard landingChapter Three: People and goods in the changing world 1. Between a demographic explosion and a population deficit2. How long, how fast?3. Where is the East, where is the West?4. Myth of the free market being perfectChapter Four: Socialism, capitalism or Chinism?1. Economy – society – state2. In search of equilibrium 3. Socialism with Chinese characteristics or corrupt crony capitalism? 4. Whither China and what business is it to others5. Tertium daturChapter Five: Recipe for crisis1. At the expense of many for the benefit of few2. Legally but immorallyChapter Six: What do the Chinese ask about?1. Right questions at the right time2. What students want to know3. Chinese panoply of questionsChapter Seven: New pragmatism with Chinese characteristics1. Vision rather than illusions2. 16+1 initiative3. China coming to our rescue? Final reflections ReferencesIndex

Grzegorz W. Kolodko is Professor of Economics at Kozminski University in Warsaw, and founder and Director of the TIGER Institute of Economic Affairs. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of Finance, where he was a key architect of the economic reforms that brought Poland into the OECD in the 1990s. He is the author of Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future (Palgrave, 2014) and of Truth, Errors and Lies: Economics and Politics in a Volatile World (Columbia University Press, 2011). He has written widely for international media and his books have been translated into 16 different languages.

Grzegorz Kolodko has written a concise, erudite, balanced and perceptive book on the global implications of China's unstoppable rise. We are moving, inescapably, into a multi-polar and multi-cultural world.

• List of diagramsList of mapsList of tables Initial reflectionsChapter One: Economy and security1. Cold War Two 2. Cascade of threats3. Technology and politicsChapter Two: The century of Asia with China leading the way?1. A country in the middle of Asia2. New Silk Road instead of exporting revolution3. Nobody likes a hard landingChapter Three: People and goods in the changing world 1. Between a demographic explosion and a population deficit2. How long, how fast?3. Where is the East, where is the West?4. Myth of the free market being perfectChapter Four: Socialism, capitalism or Chinism?1. Economy – society – state2. In search of equilibrium 3. Socialism with Chinese characteristics or corrupt crony capitalism? 4. Whither China and what business is it to others5. Tertium daturChapter Five: Recipe for crisis1. At the expense of many for the benefit of few2. Legally but immorallyChapter Six: What do the Chinese ask about?1. Right questions at the right time2. What students want to know3. Chinese panoply of questionsChapter Seven: New pragmatism with Chinese characteristics1. Vision rather than illusions2. 16+1 initiative3. China coming to our rescue? Final reflections ReferencesIndex