Preface
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: From Tribute to Treaty Port to Global Trade
Chapter Three: China Emerges
Chapter Four: China Goes Out
Chapter Five: China Arrives
Chapter Six: Growing Good Governance
Chapter Seven: Beyond the Developing World
Chapter Eight: Security and Politics in China's Backyard
Chapter Nine: Security and Politics Abroad
Chapter Ten: Resource Strategy in a Changing World
Elizabeth C. Economy is the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director
of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. An expert on
Chinese domestic and foreign policy, her most recent book was The
River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's
Future.
Michael Levi is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow and Director
of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change at Council on
Foreign Relations. An expert on the global politics and economics
of energy, resources, and the environment, his most recent book was
The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's
Future.
"[A] wide-ranging and richly informed look at how the rapid growth
of the world's most-populous country is affecting the global
economy... According to the authors, in other words, China's
supposedly pending economic takeover of the world's resources is
more hype than reality. Ms. Economy and Mr. Levi... range from
commodity to commodity and sector to sector to show that China's
economy and culture are being changed at least as much by the world
as China is
exerting transformative change upon it." --Howard W. French, The
Wall Street Journal
"Elizabeth Economy and Michael Levi pen the shut-up-and-read-it
book of the moment on Asia." --Tom Keene, Bloomberg
Businessweek
"Economy and Levi's findings thread a path between alarmist and
complacent views of China's impact on the global economy...The
authors present these nuanced views with exemplary clarity and
leave the impression that Washington's policies toward Beijing do
not require fundamental change." --Foreign Affairs
"An informed, nuanced and balanced analysis of the many facets of
China's eager acquisition of natural gas, ores and other resources,
along the way offering much-needed clarity and objectivity beyond
the simplicity and hype all too often found in the media and
newspaper headlines." --Loh Su Hsing, Asian Review of Books
"An excellent volume that sheds light on the domestic sources of
Chinese firms' and policymakers' strategies toward China's rising
demand for natural resources and offers insight into the
implications for the country's external behavior. Their book
deserves to be read by all with an interest in the subject."
--Llewelyn Hughes, Asia Policy
"A fascinating look at the multiple dimensions of China's resource
quest and the repercussions it has for America's economic, security
and diplomatic presence in the world." --Paul Nash, Diplomatic
Courier
"This is the best analysis to date of the three-way economic and
security game among China, other countries, and global market
forces. With trenchant policy recommendations, it should be read by
all those interested in China's impact on the world." --Dennis
Blair, former Director of National Intelligence and Commander in
Chief, Pacific
"By All Means Necessary is a valuable corrective to the hype--both
positive and negative-- that typically accompanies accounts of
China's global search for natural resources. Economy and Levi
combine an understanding of Chinese politics and economic policy
with a detailed knowledge of different global markets, from oil to
ore. The result is a myth-busting book that offers insights and
advice for policymakers, business leaders, and anyone interested
in
China and the world." --Anne-Marie Slaughter, President, the New
America Foundation
"Will the 21st century be dominated by China in the same way that
the last century was dominated by the United States? Economy and
Levi have provided a compelling assessment of how supercharged and
commodity-intensive growth in China has led to an unprecedented
global buying spree for resources as varied as oil and gas,
industrial metals and rare earth minerals, ores and coal, as well
as farmland. China's foreign policy and global geopolitics have
been
influenced in tangible ways, but they argue convincingly that
Beijing's motivations are not nefarious and the global system will
find ways to curb feared excesses, even as the Middle Kingdom moves
to secure
the territorial seas around it and build a significant naval
presence." --Edward L. Morse, Head of Global Commodities Research,
Citigroup
"If we are to intelligently manage China's resurgence, there are
few areas more deserving of our attention than China's voracious
global appetite for natural resources. In this well-written and
insightful new study the authors vividly limn how China's restless
quest for rejuvenation is simultaneously upsetting the old world
order and demanding that the other countries develop new ways of
understanding and interacting with it. For anyone wishing to come
to terms
with this aspect of China's rise, and the policy choices it raises
for countries like the US, this is the go-to read." --Orville
Schell, Arthur Ross Director, The Center on US-China Relations,
Asia
Society
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