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Title Red alert : how China's road to prosperity threatens the American way of life / Stephen Leeb and Greg Dorsey.
Author Leeb, Stephen, 1946-
Publication Info. New York : Business Plus, 2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  330.973 LEE    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxv, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead -- China's environmental smokescreen -- Peak oil has arrived -- and peak coal isn't far behind -- Blind to copper realities -- Rare earth elements are getting rarer -- and China has them -- Other critical commodities and China's global land grab -- The rise of resource nationalism -- Why dealing with declining resources is easier for China -- The limits of Western democracy in dealing with critical problems : Tiananmen Square versus 9/11 -- Responses to the financial crisis of 2008 -- The other critical metal : gold -- China's additional strengths -- Potential pitfalls : China's infrastructure, food, and water -- A message for America from Confucius.
Subject China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
Energy policy -- China.
Environmental policy -- China.
United States -- Economic policy -- 21st century.
Energy policy -- United States.
Environmental policy -- United States.
Added Author Dorsey, Greg.
ISBN 9780446576239 : $27.99
0446576239
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