Book description
Will China Surpass the United States as an innovation nation?
China is tirelessly working to overcome its technological
deficiencies by driving R&D initiatives in government and business
and adapting Western Internet platforms for domestic use. It is
extending its technological reach through a major drive to rival India
as a services outsourcing leader and projecting its high-tech brands
into the companies and homes of other countries. But whether China
succeeds will depend on how it handles such issues as demography,
energy dependency, and resource limitations.
The environmental challenges posed by China's vast manufacturing
sector are well documented, but what isn't widely realized is that
China is actually outstripping the West in all manner of green
initiatives, renewable energy investments, research and development
funding, and other areas essential to improving the health of the
planet. However, omnipresent government intervention, environmental
degradation, natural resource exhaustion, and other issues threaten to
derail China's rise to superpower status. As the country meets global
challenges on a scale that few nations can match, China Fast
Forward takes a look at what lies ahead and why China's success is
important to us all.
In this book, Bill Dodson explores China's reincarnation from a
closed, agrarian nation into a modern, high-tech superpower bent on
literally cleaning up its act.
- Presents an on-the-ground survey and analysis of China's renewable
and clean energy sector that identifies the kinds of projects and
technologies Chinese enterprises and local governments are hungry for
- Includes a discussion on how successful Chinese companies are
developing their brands to go head-to-head with the world's
best-known companies
- Discusses how central government conflicts of interest are
actually foiling corporate and official drives to innovation across
a range of sectors
Taking a look inside China's march toward becoming a sustainable
superpower through innovation, China Fast Forward presents a
balance sheet of the country's technological and social progress on
its path to becoming a world leader.
Bill Dodson has been an industry analyst, advisor, and business
manager in China since 2003. He has been quoted on China-related
topics in Newsweek, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, the BBC,
The Economist, Shanghai Business Review, China
Economic Quarterly, and other international media outlets. A
graduate of Cornell University, he is a columnist for the China
Economic Review on the China energy sector. He makes his home in
the Greater Shanghai area with his wife and son. Follow daily
discussions on China innovation at thisischinablog. com
