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# *Stumbling Giant: The Threats to China’s Future*

(Yale University Press, 2013)

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February 6, 2014 1 - 2:45 PM EST 

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Featuring the author **Timothy Beardson**, Founder, Crosby Financial Holdings; with comments by **Phillip L. Swagel**, Professor in International Economic Policy, University of Maryland School of Public Policy; moderated by **James A. Dorn**, Vice President for Monetary Studies and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute. 

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*Stumbling Giant: The Threats to China’s Future* addresses the challenges China will face during the coming decades and why it is unlikely to overtake the United States this century. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the threats to China’s continuing rise, offers bold policy prescriptions addressing those challenges, and explains why — without substantial reform — China is unlikely to replace America as the next superpower. Yale nominated the book for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction. Timothy Beardson founded, majority-owned, and ran Crosby Financial Holdings, which became the largest independent investment bank in the Far East. He is a permanent resident of Hong Kong.

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