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Index
ALSO BY DAMBISA MOYO
Title Page
List of Tables
Introduction
PART I - China’s Rush for Resources
CHAPTER 1 - The Drivers of World Commodity Demand
The Malthusian Chronicles
Driving Resource Demand
The Global Population Grows
The World’s Population Gets Wealthier
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
An Urban Wave
It’s All About China
From Demand to Supply
CHAPTER 2 - The Resource State of Play: Land and Water
Terra Firma
Land Registry
Tapped Out: The Prospects for Water
It’s All About China
Are Technology-Based Solutions the Answer?
A Double Whammy
CHAPTER 3 - The Resource State of Play: Oil, Gas, and Minerals
A Peek at Oil
A Foreboding Future
Predictions from the Peak Models
The Supply Crunch
Oil, Freedom, and Corruption
The Price to Make a Profit
Petro Politics
Location, Location, Location
Hydrocarbons Are Here to Stay
The Promise of Gas
The Challenge of Interchanging
Technology as a Saving Grace
Convergence on the Cards
Upwardly Mobile
The Challenges of Supply
China’s Consumption versus the World’s Production
Relieving Demand Pressures and Easing Supply Shortfalls
CHAPTER 4 - Hocking the Family Jewels
Means, Motive, Opportunity—What China Does
Spanning the Globe
Vertical and Horizontal Alignment
How China Does It: The Many Ways to Skin a Cat
What’s in It for Me?
It’s Not All Been Plain Sailing
Do They Know Something We Don’t?
Reading the Tea Leaves
PART II - What China’s Resource Rush Means for the World
What Have We Learned Thus Far About China and Its Commodities Push?
CHAPTER 5 - A Commodity Price Précis
Doing Brisk Business
Financial Traders and Producers
A Financial Trade
An Illustration
From Investment Assets to Consumption Assets
The Price of Rice in China
Speculators Speculate
Hoarders Hoard
A Delicate Balance
A Message for the Commodity Markets
CHAPTER 6 - Cornering the Market
IOU
The Rise of the Resource Monopolist
All Roads Lead to Monopsony
Déjà Vu All Over Again
The Sources of China’s Monopsony Power
Is China Dumping?
Enshrined in Law
A Legal Vacuum
A Legal Minefield
CHAPTER 7 - Meddling in the Markets
Back to Basics
Government Intervention
The Long Arm of the Chinese State
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law
Ownership versus Control
The Limits of Capitalism
CHAPTER 8 - The Geopolitics of It All
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
A Labor Contract
The Question of Character
Perception Is Reality
Shelf Life of the Strategy
Life Imitating Molecular Biology
China Policing the Police
Taking No Prisoners
It Takes a Crisis
CHAPTER 9 - A Harbinger of Things to Come
The Shortage Is Food, Not Land
An Energy Supply Reprieve in Shale
Nuclear Promise
Demand: Here to Stay
A Message from the Energy Forecasts
Energy Needs Increasing
A Problem with Pollution
Focusing on the Urgent, Not the Important
CHAPTER 10 - Clear and Present Danger
Past Is Prologue
The Curse of Resources
Resources as a Source of Conflict
A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight
From Worst-Case to Best-Case Scenarios
A World Ill Prepared
Forewarned Is Forearmed
Stuck in a Rut
A Way Forward
The Real Villains: Self-Interest and Myopia
Policy Choices Beyond a Unified Approach
Heading into the Eye of the Storm
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Copyright Page
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