By All Means Necessary

Elizabeth Economy and Michael Levi provide an examination into the dimensions of China's quest for natural resources. Dispensing with conventional notions, the authors overturn concerns that the country's growing need for water, minerals and land will inevitably lead to skyrocketing global commodity prices and staggering environmental degradation. The book explores how China's engagements in foreign ventures may lead to potential frictions but offers approaches to mutually compatible outcomes between the country and its neighbors. Fluidly argued, Economy and Levi extricates China's economic growth and issues of resource scarcity from the realm of intractability.