Long-time Asia scholar and economist Eamonn Fingleton sounds an alarming wake-up call to those who dream that China will embrace the American values of free-market capitalism. With cool precision, Fingleton reveals that, despite the appealing World Is Flat promises of Thomas Friedman and other boosters, China will remain protectionist and will not turn democratic. Fingleton prescribes practical remedies - such as taking China policy back from Beijing sponsored lobbyists - to help the U.S. extricate itself from the jaws of the dragon. In the Jaws of the Dragon is a fascinating and alarming book.