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Title: Time to revisit
Review: In 2001, I read the book based on some friend's recommendation. What a waste of time! The book is shallow and biased, sometimes an incidental comedy. The author, who is said to have lived in China for 20 years, is apparently blind to all the positive changes from 1978 to 2000. Comparing 1999 China to 1999 USA, of course China had tons of problems. However, what Gordon failed to see is the upward trend. Now, when the name of the book came up in a conversation, I could not help looking back: 3 years have passed since the publishing of the book; China has kept a high growth rate amid the global recession. The investment kept pouring in. It has weathered the SARS reasonably well even with a slow start. More importantly, its domestic market has grown enough so export is not the sole pillar of the economy anymore. Coming collapse? Dream on.Glad I didn¡t buy the book. On a second thought, I should get a copy that someone threw away, so I could have a laugh when I want.
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