The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to the book presentation: China’s Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History from 09:00 to 10:30 on Wednesday, 20th February 2013 at the Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel. 

Mr. Tom Miller, Managing Editor of GK Dragonomics' flagship publication China Economic Quarterly and author of the book, will join us to present the book and expertly introduce us the economic, social and environmental consequences of China's urbanization and shrinking villages.

Agenda 

08:30-09:00     Registration and Buffet Breakfast
09:00-10:00     Presentation and Q&A
10:00-10:30     Networking   

About the book

Combining on-the-ground reportage and up-to-date research, this pivotal book explains why China has failed to reap many of the economic and social benefits of urbanization, and suggests how these problems can be resolved. If its leaders get urbanization right, China will surpass the United States and cement its position as the world's largest economy. But if they get it wrong, China could spend the next 20 years languishing in middle-income torpor, its cities pockmarked by giant slums.

Mr. Tom Miller
GK Dragonomics - Managing Editor, China Economic Quarterly 
Resident in Beijing since 2002, Tom has edited GK Dragonomics' flagship publication, the CEQ, since 2008. Previously, Tom spent two years studying Chinese at universities in Beijing, three years as the CEQ's Beijing correspondent, and 18 months as the South China Morning Post's Beijing business correspondent. Tom has written on the Chinese economy for the Financial Times and reported from China for the Guardian and Observer newspapers. He holds a first-class degree in English Literature from Oxford and a master's in Chinese Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. His first book, China's Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History​, was published by Zed Books in 2012.

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