{"product_id":"vampire-state-ian-williams-9781780279633","title":"Vampire State: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Economy","description":"This is the terrifying story of China's vampire economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eState capitalism. Socialism with Chinese characteristics. A socialist market economy. There have been numerous descriptions of the Chinese economy. However, none seems to capture the predatory, at times surreal, nature of the economy of the world's most populous nation - nor the often bruising and mind-bending experience of doing business with the Middle Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRules and agreements mean little. Markets are distorted, statistics fabricated, foreign industrial secrets and technology systematically stolen. Companies and entrepreneurs, at home and abroad, are bullied - often with the collusion of the victims themselves. The Party is in every boardroom and lab, with businesses thriving or dying at its will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll this is part of realising President Xi Jinping's ambition of China becoming the world's pre-eminent economic, technological and military power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the Financial Times' Best New Books on Economics in 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780279639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780279633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birlinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Ian Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906927448319,"sku":"9781780279633","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3737a8f-cd82-4fe3-b8ea-b7a2fa282e53.jpg?v=1748771794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vampire-state-ian-williams-9781780279633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}