The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined … relationship between investment, urbanization, and economic growth. In one mechanism, urbanization generates demand for … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through …

From the long-term threat of nuclear war between the United States and China, to the disappearance of the African … elephant due to Chinese demand for ivory, each week brings a new round of critique and denunciation of the risks China poses to … challenges these views in this updated edition, with an incisive review of China's economic strategy, deployment of resources …