Energy: China's Choke Point

Energy: China's Choke Point by Michael J. Economides, Ph.D. examines the evolution of modern China and its present characteristics. According to author Michael J. Economides, to his knowledge, this is the only book that truly interprets post-Mao China and its future in the context of its history. The development of China is nothing short of breathtaking, but energy, which is in short domestic supply, will almost certainly choke the country's future economic progress. There is an urgent need for an energy plan, and that plan will have to be conceived in a manner outside conventional thinking. The good news is that the Chinese can accomplish this, in part because they are essentially in virgin territory. To map out the way forward, they will have to move in their own unique way. Imitating the US, which has been practically their undisguised raison d'etre, will not work. As China has reinvented itself, from the time Deng Xiaoping became its Paramount Leader, it has not forgotten its post-