Peter Navarro is a business professor at the University of California-Irvine and author of the bestselling investment book If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks and the path-breaking management book The Well-Timed Strategy.
Professor Navarro is a widely sought-after and gifted public speaker and a regular CNBC contributor. Before joining CNBC, he appeared frequently on Bloomberg TV and radio, CNN, and NPR, as well as on all three major network news shows.
Professor Navarro's unique and internationally recognized expertise lies in his big picture application of a highly sophisticated but easily accessible macroeconomic analysis of the business environment and financial markets for consumers, investors, and corporate executives. His articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, from Business Week, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal to the Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review, and the Journal of Business.
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Author's Comment on the Updated and Expanded Edition xi
Introduction to China's Butterfly Effect on Steroids xv
Chapter 1: The Cheating China Price and Weapons of Mass Production 1
Chapter 2: China's Counterfeit Economy and Not-So-Swashbuckling Pirates 15
Chapter 3: Made in China-The Ultimate Warning Label 27
Chapter 4: The Blood and Nukes for Oil Wars-The Sum of All Chinese Fears 43
Chapter 5: The World's Most Ironic Imperialist and Weapons of Mass Construction 59
Chapter 6: The Global Warming Wars-Killing Us (and Them) Softly with Their Coal 77
Chapter 7: The Damnable Dam and Water Wars-Nary a (Clean) Drop to Drink 93
Chapter 8: China's Chaotic Wars from Within-The Dragon Comes Apart at the Seams 111
Chapter 9: Inside the World's Biggest Prison with Yahoo! the Stool Pigeon and Comrade Orwell 127
Chapter 10: Red Army Rising-The Coming China Hot Wars 149
Chapter 11: Racing for the Ultimate Strategic High Ground-The Coming China Star Wars 165
Chapter 12: How to Fight and Win the Coming China Wars! 183
About the Author 207
Acknowledgments 209
Index 211