The Western press these days is full of stories on China’s arrival as a superpower, some even warning that the future may belong to her. Western political and business delegations stream into Beijing, confident in China’s economy, which continues to grow rapidly. Crowning China’s new status, Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games.
But as Guy Sorman reveals in Empire of Lies ...
The Western press these days is full of stories on China’s arrival as a superpower, some even warning that the future may belong to her. Western political and business delegations stream into Beijing, confident in China’s economy, which continues to grow rapidly. Crowning China’s new status, Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games.
But as Guy Sorman reveals in Empire of Lies China’s success is, at least in part, a mirage. True, 200 million of her subjects, those fortunate enough to be working in an expanding global market, enjoy a middle-class standard of living. The remaining one billion, however, are among the poorest, most exploited people in the world. Popular discontent simmers, especially in the countryside, where it often flares into violent confrontation with Communist Party authorities. In truth, China’s economic miracle” is rotting from within.
In this extraordinary book, Sorman explains how the West has conferred greater legitimacy on China than do the Chinese themselves. He has visited the country regularly for forty years and spent most of the past three years exploring her teeming cities and remotest corners. Empire of Lies is the culmination of these travels and perhaps the only book on China that lets the Chinese people speak for themselves.
索尔孟(GuySorman),1964年毕业于法国巴黎政治学院,获博士学位, 任职于法国国家行政学院。 1975年创办Sorman出版社, 1979年参与创建非政 府组织─国际抗饥饿行动组织,任主席;1993-1995年, 任法国外交部长顾问,负责对外文化活动,1995-1997年任法国总理顾问。 曾为法国外交部长领导下 的法印论坛成员、巴黎Boulogne-Billancourt区副区长(主管文化)、 法国全国人 权咨询委员,以及北京经贸大学、智利圣地亚哥大学、加拉加斯大学、里约 热内卢大学、哈佛大学等学校的客座教授。 自1983年以来,已出版著作 《美国保守革命》、《自由解决》、《世界新财富》、《我们时代真正的思想家》、 《资本论、影向及结果》、《印度之神韵》、 《美国制造》等22种。
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