China Airborne
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.14 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400031273 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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From one of our most influential journalists, here is a timely, vital, and illuminating account of the next stage of China’s modernization—its plan to rival America as the world’s leading aerospace power and to bring itself from its low-wage past to a high-tech future.In 2011, China announced its twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start its aerospace industry. In China Airborne, James Fallows documents, for the first time,
James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic. He has reported from around the world and has worked in software design at Microsoft, as the editor of U.S. He is currently a news analyst for NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered and a visiting professor at the Univers
--Colleen Mondor . Highly readable and significant, Fallows’ book should not be missed by those seeking to understand America’s relationship with this global power. This economic and political narrative includes a great deal of history as well, including that of the American aircraft company Cirrus (now owned by the Chinese government, a subject that Fallows hints is worthy of a book of its own) and a significant look at the shadow Boeing casts worldwide. Fallows’ prescient look at society, culture, and business is based on his conversations with numerous individuals in China who spoke to him about the hard shift required to change gears and embrace open and accessible aviation, and the epic hurdles that stand in the way. Paired with China’s Wings (2012), readers will acquire an unparalleled view of China in the air past, present, and future. Along the way, he provid
Interesting and Credible - Loyd Eskildson Fallows' 'China Airborne' summarizes China's efforts to become a world-class contender in the commercial aviation field. China's rising demand for increased aviation services is hard to imagine - more than two-thirds of all the new airports currently under construction in the world are in China, and its airlines plan to triple their fleets over the next decade - providing the fastest growing market for Boeing and airbus. Its 2010 commercial airline fleet (2,600 planes) was about half that of the U.S., and is targeted to rise to 4,500 by 2015 - rep. China via the Airlines Industry George Fulmore I don't remember why I bought this book. I've been reading a good deal about China via other books, plus magazines and newspaper articles. While this book has occasional insights about the Chinese and their society, in general, it is mainly about the history of the aviation industry in China. This subject, I would think, would be of limited interest to most.The author has a personal interest in air flight, and, of course, China needs to link its huge cities via airliners. Here is where the author knows his stuff: Beijing International Airport is t. Cultural and infrastructural change analysis Jim Fallows has written an excellent book on modern China's dreamers.It is passionate and balanced about China, and about China's emerging aviation industry.The book is an excellent analysis of the PRC government's internal conflicts between the PLA , national ministries, and municipalities.China is embarking on multiple massive transformations of its infrastructure.Highways, bullet trains, and 100+ modern municipal airports being constructed at the same time as water, coal, food, and health are sacrificed in a new 5 year plan with a new slate of