China's Next Act : How Sustainability and Technology Are Reshaping China's Ri...

by Moore, Scott M

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China's Next Act : How Sustainability and Technology Are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future, Hardcover by Moore, Scott M., ISBN 0197603998, ISBN-13 9780197603994, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it is that the world is bound together by shared challenges -- and that at the center of those challenges stands China. Thanks to decades of breakneck growth and development, Chinese officials, businesses, and institutions now play a critical role in every major global issue, from climate change to biotechnology. This book rethinks China's role in the world in terms of sustainability and technology. This reframing is essential both because none of these increasingly pressing, shared global challenges can be tackled without China, and because they are reshaping China's economy and its foreign policy, with major implications for the world at large. At the same time, sustainability and technology issues present opportunities for intensified economic, geopolitical, and ideological competition - a reality that Beijing recognizes. The danger is that China's next act will drive divergence on the rules and standards the world desperately needs to tackle shared challenges in the decades ahead. In some areas, like clean technology development, competition can be good for the planet. But in others, it could be catastrophic: only cooperation can lower the risks of artificial intelligence and other disruptive new technologies. The cha

• ISBN: 9780197603994
• Condition: Fine

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