The Rise of China and the Demise of the Capitalist World Economy

Minqi Li has accomplished something different and very important. He has placed the ‘Rise of China’ from the Mao era to today in the context of the history of the entire world-system. He makes a persuasive case.

—Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University

A thought-provoking account. Minqi Li considers the consequences of the entry of China into the global capitalist system, in light of the challenges facing human society from economic, political, and environmental constraints. This book makes a major contribution.

—David M. Kotz, Professor of Economics,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

…an important and significant contribution to the study of China’s potential futures and, in terms of [Minqi Li’s] analysis of both the Mao period and the nature and sustainability of post-Mao reforms, perhaps an even more important contribution to the study of China’s past and present.

—Shaun Breslin

Journal of Contemporary Asia