By All Means Necessary: How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World

China’s spectacular rise over the past three decades is nothing short of
monumental, and is one of the most important events in modern history.

Its economic growth affects nations around the world, environmentally,
politically and militarily. In By All Means Necessary, Elizabeth
Economy and Michael Levi explore the unrivaled expansion of the Chinese
economy and what has been required to sustain this meteoric growth. In
the past twenty five years China has transformed from an impoverished
country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace, by
far, to a country of innovation, entrepreneurs and more millionaires than anywhere else in the world. In the beginning, that
growth was fueled by internal resources, but like every other major
power in modern history China was forced to look outward to find the
massive quantities of resources needed to maintain their economic
expansion. It is now engaged in a far flung quest around the world for
fuel, water, and land for farming, while their military secures sea
lanes and focuses on advanced military technologies to protect their
interests abroad.Clear, authoritative, and provocative, By All Means Necessary
is a comprehensive account of where China’s pursuit of raw materials
may take them in the coming years-a crucial issue, not just for China,
but for the whole world.Readership: General readers interested in China and the economics and politics of natural resources