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Tha From About the author Resistance Books & Merlin Press China' Rise: Strength and What they say about the book Fragility Studies, London Review. How to get a copy provide your name and address. Au Loong Yu is a labour researcher based in Hong Kong. He was one of the founding members of Globalization Monitor, an NGO which studies the impact of globalization in China. He was one of the leading spokespersons of the People's Alliance during the actions against the 6th Ministerial meeting in Hong Kong in 2006. This collection of essays on China brings a rare and much needed perspective to the literature on the rising star of the global economy. Most are authored by Chinese Marxist critics of the regime. This "insider" Marxist perspective translates into a discussion of issues rarely covered in the existing literature, including a special focus on the workers movement. Very useful. - Gilbert Achcar, Professor at the School of Oriental and African Au Loong Yu offers a profound analysis of the rise of China in the manner it should be done: through placing front and centre a meticulous examination of its capitalist ruling class and of the variegated ways in which it appropriates a surplus. By starting from the multiple forms of property through which the country's dominant bureaucratic state capitalists sustain themselves, Au is able at one and the same time to lay bare the roots of the Chinese economic miracle and the foundations of its durable authoritarian political order, to expose the politico-economic contradictions that are likely to limit growth and bring crisis to the system, and to Professor of history and director of the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA, editor of the socialist journal Against the Current, and editorial committee member of New Lett Price £12 plus £2 p&p to Britain. For cost of postage to other countries, enquire by emailing [email protected]. Write to RESISTANCE BOOKS, PO Box 62732, London, SW2 9GQ, with a cheque made out to Resistance for the sum of £14 and