{"product_id":"9780061859441","title":"China's Megatrends: The 8 Pillars of a New Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking look at a new social-political model on the rise \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn and Doris Naisbitt, longtime China observers, provide an in-depth study of the fundamental changes in China's social, political, and economic life, and their impact on the West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extraordinary access, and using the same techniques behind John Naisbitt's international bestseller \u003cb\u003eMegatrends\u003c\/b\u003e, the Naisbitts have traveled the country, interviewing journalists, entrepreneurs, academics, politicians, artists, dissidents, and expatriates. With the help of twenty-eight staff members of the Naisbitt China Institute in Tianjin, they have monitored local newspapers in all of China's provinces to identify the evolving perspectives and deep forces underlying China's transformation. Their research reveals that China is not only undergoing fundamental changes but also creating an entirely new social and economic model—what the Naisbitts call a \"vertical democracy\"—that is changing the rules of global trade and challenging Western democracy as the only acceptable form of governing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Naisbitts have identified 8 pillars as the foundation and drivers of China's new society:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmancipation of the Mind \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBalancing Top-Down and Bottom-Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFraming the Forest and Letting the Trees Grow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrossing the River by Feeling the Stones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtistic and Intellectual Ferment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoining the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreedom and Fairness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Olympic Medals to Nobel Prizes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining each of these 8 pillars in great detail, \u003cb\u003eChina's Megatrends\u003c\/b\u003e describes the new China for the knowledgeable and the newly curious, offering fresh and provocative insights and lessons to be learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011106980080,"sku":"9780061859441","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061859441_p0.jpg?v=1763772937","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061859441","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}