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by Marco Deuropa (Author)
China is the most misunderstood power of the twenty-first century. It grows while it slows down. It innovates while it tightens control. It opens to the world while turning inward. In The New China Playbook, economist Keyu Jin offered a rare inside view. But what she could not say - or could say only between the lines - is exactly what we must confront to understand China's next decade.
This book takes Jin's insights as a starting point and pushes them further. Much further.
Why is China's once-miraculous productivity now stagnating?
What happens when the social contract that held the country together begins to crack?
How does the state's obsession with "total security" reshape the economy, society, and innovation itself?
And why is the world's largest experiment in state capitalism now facing the hardest transition of its history?
China Beyond the Myth reveals both sides of the Chinese story: the extraordinary forces that powered its rise - and the structural tensions that now threaten its momentum. China is not a model to imitate nor a threat to demonize. It is a historical laboratory, testing new forms of capitalism, power, technology, and social order that will shape the century ahead.
Clear, provocative, and deeply informed, this book speaks to anyone who wants to move beyond clichés and finally understand the real dynamics inside today's China - its strength, its anxiety, its ambitions, and its limits.
Marco Deuropa combines philosophical depth with sharp political analysis. After exploring the fractures of contemporary Europe, he now turns his attention to the global shifts redefining our future. His writing cuts through the noise to uncover what lies behind the narratives - not to condemn, not to idealize, but to understand.
