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As The Glittering Skyline In Shanghai Seemingly Attests, China Has Quickly Transformed Itself From A Place Of Stark Poverty Into A Modern, Urban, Technologically Savvy Economic Powerhouse. But As Scott Rozelle And Natalie Hell Show In Invisible China, The Truth Is Much More Complicated And Might Be A Serious Cause For Concern.Chinas Growth Has Relied Heavily On Unskilled Labor. Most Of The Workers Who Have Fueled The Countrys Rise Come From Rural Villages And Have Never Been To High School. While This National Growth Strategy Has Been Effective For Three Decades, The Unskilled Wage Rate Is Finally Rising, Inducing Companies Inside China To Automate At An Unprecedented Rate And Triggering An Exodus Of Companies Seeking Cheaper Labor In Other Countries. Ten Years Ago, Almost Every Product For Sale In An American Walmart Was Made In China. Today, That Is No Longer The Case. With The Changing Demand For Labor, China Seems To Have No Good Backup Plan. For All Of Its Investment In Physical Infrastructure, For Decades China Failed To Invest Enough In Its People. Recent Progress May Come Too Late. Drawing On Extensive Surveys On The Ground In China, Rozelle And Hell Reveal That While China May Be The Secondlargest Economy In The World, Its Labor Force Has One Of The Lowest Levels Of Education Of Any Comparable Country. Over Half Of Chinas Populationas Well As A Vast Majority Of Its Childrenare From Rural Areas. Their Low Levels Of Basic Education May Leave Many Unable To Find Work In The Formal Workplace As Chinas Economy Changes And Manufacturing Jobs Move Elsewhere.In Invisible China, Rozelle And Hell Speak Not Only To An Urgent Humanitarian Concern But Also A Potential Economic Crisis That Could Upend Economies And Foreign Relations Around The Globe. If Too Many Are Left Structurally Unemployable, The Implications Both Inside And Outside Of China Could Be Serious. Understanding The Situation In China Today Is Essential If We Are To Avoid A Potential Crisis Of International Proportions. This Book Is An Urgent And Timely Call To Action That Should Be Read By Economists, Policymakers, The Business Community, And General Readers Alike.
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