ELLIOTT BAY GLOBAL ISSUES & ETHICS BOOK GROUP Tuesday, February 12 at 6:30 p.m.
Our Global Issues & Ethics Book Group is devoted to discussing books that cover the most relevant topics of our everyday lives. Former Financial Times China bureau chief James Kynge's revealing account of China's meteoric rise in the world uncovers both the pros and cons of China's new role in the world, and particularly what that means for the United States. Kynge's China Shakes the World: A Titan's Rise and Troubled Futureand the Challenge for America is the winner of both The Economist Best Book of the Year (2006) and The Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. The Sunday Times (London) called the it "A sweeping and fluent account of how China is changing every aspect of the modern world."