George Magnus is an associate at the China Centre at Oxford University, a research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and former chief economist of UBS. He has written extensively about China in the Financial Times, Prospect, and other economic and financial publications.
"A comprehensive and valuable survey of the threats facing China's
economy."-Edward Chancellor, Wall Street Journal
"George Magnus offers a forensic take on why the Chinese economy
will continue to be bedevilled by politics and why it
matters."-Isabel Hilton, New Statesman
"Red Flags lands with exquisite timing"-Richard McGregor,
Financial Times
"Magnus offers the vision of a dispassionate outsider on the state
of China" - Martin Wolf, Financial Times (Books of the Year
2018)
"For insight into the dilemmas and decisions China's leaders,
notably Xi Jinping, will face in the next decades, it would be hard
to beat Red Flags."-Diane Coyle, author of GDP: A Brief but
Affectionate History
"An excellent, tightly argued and fluently written analysis of the
challenges that lie behind the China Dream."-Jonathan Fenby, author
of Will China Dominate the 21st Century?
"An immensely important and powerful book from one of our premier
commentators on economics."-Rana Mitter, author of China's War
with Japan, 1937-1945
"A nuanced, historically informed and highly readable account of
why we should never be complacent about the People's
Republic."-Kerry Brown, author of CEO, China
"Compelling, ominous and thought-provoking, George Magnus has
written a book that should be essential reading for anyone trying
to make sense of what is happening in China- and why it will have a
global impact."-Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk
Roads
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