The China Price
The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · January 27, 2009
In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future.
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- Who it’s for
- Reporting traces how competitive pricing shifts costs onto workers, the environment, and the future.
- Genres
- Globalization, Labor & Workforce, Manufacturing Industry
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, January 27, 2009
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In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future.
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Harney's firsthand reporting brings us face-to-face with a world in which intense pricing pressure from Western companies combines with ubiquitous corruption and a lack of transparency to exact a staggering toll in human misery and environmental damage. This eye-opening expose offers, for the first time, an intimate look at the defining business story of our time.
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Reporting traces how competitive pricing shifts costs onto workers, the environment, and the future.
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- The human and environmental costs behind factory competition
- A closer look at pricing pressure and opaque business practices
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- Firsthand investigative reporting
- A clear-eyed view of the forces behind China’s factory economy
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| Globalization | 38% |
|---|---|
| Labor & Workforce | 38% |
| Manufacturing Industry | 18% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Manufacturing Industry
- Trade & Tariffs
- Labor & Industrial Relations
- Authors
- Alexandra Harney, Karen White, Tantor Media
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- January 27, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Manufacturing Industry