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🐉 Asian Century

Analyses and narratives exploring Asia's rising economic, cultural, and geopolitical influence, and what the shift in global power means for the century ahead.
The Future Is Asian
by Parag Khanna • 2019
The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.
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🗺️ Asian Geopolitics🏛️ Technocratic Governance🌐 Multipolar World Order
The Future Is Asian Summary
The Future Is Asian 92%
The West's two-century dominance was a blip. Asia reclaims the center, with new rules.
by Parag Khanna 2019
3.70
1k+ ratings
🗺️ Asian Geopolitics🏛️ Technocratic Governance🌐 Multipolar World Order
Has the West Lost It?
by Kishore Mahbubani • 2018
China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.
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🌍 Global Power Shifts🇨🇳 China'S Rise♟️ Realpolitik
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It? 92%
China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.
by Kishore Mahbubani 2018
3.70
984 ratings
🌍 Global Power Shifts🇨🇳 China'S Rise♟️ Realpolitik
The New Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan • 2018
Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.
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🇨🇳 China Rising🛣️ Belt And Road🌐 Eurasian Integration
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads 92%
Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.
by Peter Frankopan 2018
3.57
8k+ ratings
🇨🇳 China Rising🛣️ Belt And Road🌐 Eurasian Integration
China's Economy
by Arthur R. Kroeber • 2016
China's economy isn't a miracle: it's a hybrid of one-party rule and market forces at scale.
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🇨🇳 Chinese Economy🌏 Emerging Markets🏛️ Political Economy
China's Economy Summary
China's Economy 91%
China's economy isn't a miracle: it's a hybrid of one-party rule and market forces at scale.
by Arthur R. Kroeber 2016
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1k+ ratings
🇨🇳 Chinese Economy🌏 Emerging Markets🏛️ Political Economy
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
by Kishore Mahbubani • 2020
A rivalry so intense it feels inevitable, yet so self-defeating it remains avoidable.
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🌏 Us-China Relations⚔️ Great Power Rivalry💵 Reserve Currency
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy Summary
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy 90%
A rivalry so intense it feels inevitable, yet so self-defeating it remains avoidable.
by Kishore Mahbubani 2020
4.07
2k+ ratings
🌏 Us-China Relations⚔️ Great Power Rivalry💵 Reserve Currency
The Elephant and the Dragon
by Robyn Meredith • 2007
China built factories, India ran the back office, and together they redrew the global economic map.
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🏙️ Emerging Markets🐉 Asian Economic Rise🔗 Global Supply Chains
The Elephant and the Dragon Summary
The Elephant and the Dragon 90%
China built factories, India ran the back office, and together they redrew the global economic map.
by Robyn Meredith 2007
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1k+ ratings
🏙️ Emerging Markets🐉 Asian Economic Rise🔗 Global Supply Chains
The Geopolitics of Emotion
by Dominique Moïsi • 2008
Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.
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🗺️ Geopolitics🧠 Political Psychology❤️ Emotion And Politics
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion 90%
Oil and armies are not what drive nations. The real forces: fear, hope, and humiliation.
by Dominique Moïsi 2008
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500 ratings
🗺️ Geopolitics🧠 Political Psychology❤️ Emotion And Politics
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington • 1998
Global conflict is no longer ideological: seven civilizations now compete for power and survival.
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🗺️ Geopolitics💣 Post-Cold War Order⚔️ Cultural Conflict
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Summary
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order 90%
Global conflict is no longer ideological: seven civilizations now compete for power and survival.
by Samuel P. Huntington 1998
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14k+ ratings
🗺️ Geopolitics💣 Post-Cold War Order⚔️ Cultural Conflict
The Long Game
by Rush Doshi • 2021
A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.
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🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy♟️ Grand Strategy⚖️ Hegemonic Transition
The Long Game Summary
The Long Game 90%
A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.
by Rush Doshi 2021
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1k+ ratings
🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy♟️ Grand Strategy⚖️ Hegemonic Transition
The Third Revolution
by Elizabeth C. Economy • 2018
Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.
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🏛️ Chinese Politics⚡ Authoritarian Governance🐉 Xi Jinping Era
The Third Revolution Summary
The Third Revolution 90%
Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.
by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018
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1k+ ratings
🏛️ Chinese Politics⚡ Authoritarian Governance🐉 Xi Jinping Era
How Asia Works
by Joe Studwell • 2013
Some Asian economies boomed while others stalled. The difference wasn't free markets.
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📊 Development Economics📜 Economic History🌏 Asian Economies
How Asia Works Summary
How Asia Works 90%
Some Asian economies boomed while others stalled. The difference wasn't free markets.
by Joe Studwell 2013
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5k+ ratings
📊 Development Economics📜 Economic History🌏 Asian Economies
Monsoon
by Robert D. Kaplan • 2010
Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.
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🌍 Geopolitics🚢 Maritime Strategy⛽ Energy Geopolitics
Monsoon Summary
Monsoon 89%
Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.
by Robert D. Kaplan 2010
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3k+ ratings
🌍 Geopolitics🚢 Maritime Strategy⛽ Energy Geopolitics
Asia's Cauldron
by Robert D. Kaplan • 2014
One sea, half the world's trade, six rival claims: the old Pacific order is over.
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🔭 Geopolitics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry⚓ Maritime Strategy
Asia's Cauldron Summary
Asia's Cauldron 89%
One sea, half the world's trade, six rival claims: the old Pacific order is over.
by Robert D. Kaplan 2014
3.95
3k+ ratings
🔭 Geopolitics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry⚓ Maritime Strategy
Crouching Tiger
by Peter Navarro • 2015
China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.
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🌏 Us-China Relations🇨🇳 Chinese Military🏯 Asian Geopolitics
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger 89%
China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.
by Peter Navarro 2015
4.04
219 ratings
🌏 Us-China Relations🇨🇳 Chinese Military🏯 Asian Geopolitics
Bending Adversity
by David Pilling • 2013
A forty-foot wave erased a town and revealed the hidden cracks in Japan's economic miracle.
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🇯🇵 Modern Japan💴 Japanese Economy👥 Japanese Society
Bending Adversity Summary
Bending Adversity 89%
A forty-foot wave erased a town and revealed the hidden cracks in Japan's economic miracle.
by David Pilling 2013
4.09
1k+ ratings
🇯🇵 Modern Japan💴 Japanese Economy👥 Japanese Society
The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria • 2008
American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.
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🌍 Multipolarity🇺🇸 American Power📈 Emerging Economies
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World 89%
American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.
by Fareed Zakaria 2008
3.86
13k+ ratings
🌍 Multipolarity🇺🇸 American Power📈 Emerging Economies
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world
by S. Jaishankar • 2020
India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.
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🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌏 Asian Geopolitics🇨🇳 China India Relations
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world Summary
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world 89%
India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.
by S. Jaishankar 2020
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2k+ ratings
🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌏 Asian Geopolitics🇨🇳 China India Relations
The Return of Marco Polo's World
by Robert D. Kaplan • 2018
Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.
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🗺️ Geopolitics🌏 Eurasian Politics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World 89%
Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018
3.79
848 ratings
🗺️ Geopolitics🌏 Eurasian Politics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry
The Hundred-Year Marathon
by Michael Pillsbury • 2014
China's long game to dethrone America, and how Washington became its unwitting partner.
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🌏 Geopolitics🥊 China-Us Rivalry♟️ Grand Strategy
The Hundred-Year Marathon Summary
The Hundred-Year Marathon 89%
China's long game to dethrone America, and how Washington became its unwitting partner.
by Michael Pillsbury 2014
4.20
5k+ ratings
🌏 Geopolitics🥊 China-Us Rivalry♟️ Grand Strategy
Grave New World
by Stephen D. King • 2017
Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.
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🌐 Globalization🌍 Geopolitics📢 Populism
Grave New World Summary
Grave New World 89%
Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.
by Stephen D. King 2017
3.66
227 ratings
🌐 Globalization🌍 Geopolitics📢 Populism
The Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan • 2015
History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.
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🌍 World History🏔️ Central Asian History🐫 Trade Routes
The Silk Roads Summary
The Silk Roads 89%
History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.
by Peter Frankopan 2015
4.17
50k+ ratings
🌍 World History🏔️ Central Asian History🐫 Trade Routes
The Coming China Wars
by Peter Navarro • 2006
Cheap goods, cheap debt: the two chains binding America to a rival that already writes rules.
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🇨🇳 China Trade Policy🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism🏴‍☠️ Intellectual Property Theft
The Coming China Wars Summary
The Coming China Wars 89%
Cheap goods, cheap debt: the two chains binding America to a rival that already writes rules.
by Peter Navarro 2006
3.32
222 ratings
🇨🇳 China Trade Policy🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism🏴‍☠️ Intellectual Property Theft
America's Greatest Challenge
by Newt Gingrich • 2019
China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.
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🏛️ Us-China Relations🏴 Chinese Communism🌐 Great Power Competition
America's Greatest Challenge Summary
America's Greatest Challenge 89%
China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.
by Newt Gingrich 2019
4.22
269 ratings
🏛️ Us-China Relations🏴 Chinese Communism🌐 Great Power Competition
Influence Empire
by Lulu Yilun Chen • 2022
A billion-user empire built on copycatting: inside Tencent's rise and Beijing's decisive crackdown.
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🇨🇳 Chinese Tech📜 Corporate History📱 Digital Platforms
Influence Empire Summary
Influence Empire 89%
A billion-user empire built on copycatting: inside Tencent's rise and Beijing's decisive crackdown.
by Lulu Yilun Chen 2022
3.93
969 ratings
🇨🇳 Chinese Tech📜 Corporate History📱 Digital Platforms
The Eurasian Century
by Hal Brands • 2025
Round two of the grim loop: autocracies reach for Eurasia, democracies scramble to stop them.
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🗺️ Geopolitical History⚔️ Great Power Rivalry🧭 Classical Geopolitics
The Eurasian Century Summary
The Eurasian Century 89%
Round two of the grim loop: autocracies reach for Eurasia, democracies scramble to stop them.
by Hal Brands 2025
3.99
278 ratings
🗺️ Geopolitical History⚔️ Great Power Rivalry🧭 Classical Geopolitics
World on the Brink
by Dmitri Alperovitch • 2024
The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.
4.20
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🇨🇳 Us-China Relations♟️ Great Power Competition💵 Economic Statecraft
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink 89%
The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024
4.20
832 ratings
🇨🇳 Us-China Relations♟️ Great Power Competition💵 Economic Statecraft
The Shortest History of China
by Linda Jaivin • 2021
Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.
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🏯 Imperial China🔄 Dynastic History☯️ Chinese Philosophy
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China 89%
Twelve chapters, four millennia: the recurring patterns that explain China's rise to superpower.
by Linda Jaivin 2021
3.94
3k+ ratings
🏯 Imperial China🔄 Dynastic History☯️ Chinese Philosophy
China After Mao
by Frank Dikötter • 2022
Deng's reforms weren't a path to democracy; they were the same dictatorship with a market face.
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📜 Modern Chinese History💰 State Capitalism⛓️ Authoritarian Rule
China After Mao Summary
China After Mao 89%
Deng's reforms weren't a path to democracy; they were the same dictatorship with a market face.
by Frank Dikötter 2022
3.91
1k+ ratings
📜 Modern Chinese History💰 State Capitalism⛓️ Authoritarian Rule
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
by Yuen Yuen Ang • 2016
China grew rich using the very governance flaws that experts said would doom it.
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🏗️ Development Economics📈 Political Economy🔄 Institutional Change
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap Summary
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap 89%
China grew rich using the very governance flaws that experts said would doom it.
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2016
4.30
410 ratings
🏗️ Development Economics📈 Political Economy🔄 Institutional Change
Wealth and Power
by Orville Schell • 2013
Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.
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🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History🏛️ Chinese Political Thought🏭 Authoritarian Development
Wealth and Power Summary
Wealth and Power 89%
Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.
by Orville Schell 2013
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1k+ ratings
🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History🏛️ Chinese Political Thought🏭 Authoritarian Development
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping
by Steve Tsang • 2024
Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.
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🐉 Chinese Politics🏴 Communist Party States🚫 Authoritarian Governance
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping Summary
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping 89%
Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.
by Steve Tsang 2024
4.09
172 ratings
🐉 Chinese Politics🏴 Communist Party States🚫 Authoritarian Governance
The World in 2050
by Hamish McRae • 2022
A handful of 1960s birth rates already chose the superpowers of 2050.
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🌍 Future Studies👥 Demographic Shifts🌏 Geopolitics
The World in 2050 Summary
The World in 2050 89%
A handful of 1960s birth rates already chose the superpowers of 2050.
by Hamish McRae 2022
3.62
342 ratings
🌍 Future Studies👥 Demographic Shifts🌏 Geopolitics
A Bull in China
by Jim Rogers • 2007
China's middle class is the largest in history. The sectors and strategies for investing in it.
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🐉 China Investing🏙️ Emerging Markets📊 Sector Analysis
A Bull in China Summary
A Bull in China 89%
China's middle class is the largest in history. The sectors and strategies for investing in it.
by Jim Rogers 2007
3.52
389 ratings
🐉 China Investing🏙️ Emerging Markets📊 Sector Analysis
Hidden Hand
by Clive Hamilton • 2020
Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.
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🏴 Political Warfare💰 Economic Coercion🌏 Diaspora Politics
Hidden Hand Summary
Hidden Hand 89%
Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.
by Clive Hamilton 2020
3.85
806 ratings
🏴 Political Warfare💰 Economic Coercion🌏 Diaspora Politics
The Accidental Superpower
by Peter Zeihan • 2014
Rivers and oceans made America a superpower. That global order is over; the geography isn't.
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🌍 Geopolitics🌐 Global Order🗺️ Geographic Determinism
The Accidental Superpower Summary
The Accidental Superpower 89%
Rivers and oceans made America a superpower. That global order is over; the geography isn't.
by Peter Zeihan 2014
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5k+ ratings
🌍 Geopolitics🌐 Global Order🗺️ Geographic Determinism
AI Superpowers
by Kai-Fu Lee • 2018
China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.
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🤖 Ai And Automation🇨🇳 Chinese Technology🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry
AI Superpowers Summary
AI Superpowers 89%
China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.
by Kai-Fu Lee 2018
4.09
17k+ ratings
🤖 Ai And Automation🇨🇳 Chinese Technology🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry
Breakneck
by Dan Wang • 2025
China's leaders trained as engineers. America's as lawyers. The world is shaped by the difference.
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🏛️ Comparative Governance🏭 Industrial Decline🧠 Tacit Knowledge
Breakneck Summary
Breakneck 89%
China's leaders trained as engineers. America's as lawyers. The world is shaped by the difference.
by Dan Wang 2025
4.09
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Comparative Governance🏭 Industrial Decline🧠 Tacit Knowledge
War Without Rules
by Robert Spalding • 2022
China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.
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🌍 Great Power Competition🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy🎯 Asymmetric Warfare
War Without Rules Summary
War Without Rules 88%
China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.
by Robert Spalding 2022
4.04
318 ratings
🌍 Great Power Competition🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy🎯 Asymmetric Warfare
The Asian Aspiration
by Greg Mills • 2020
From land reform in Taiwan to high-speed rail in China: the Asian model Africa should follow.
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20
📈 Development Economics🌍 African Development🏛️ Institutional Reform
The Asian Aspiration Summary
The Asian Aspiration 88%
From land reform in Taiwan to high-speed rail in China: the Asian model Africa should follow.
by Greg Mills 2020
3.70
20 ratings
📈 Development Economics🌍 African Development🏛️ Institutional Reform
2030
by Mauro F. Guillén • 2020
By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.
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🌐 Macroeconomic Trends🌍 Global Demographics🔮 Futures Thinking
2030 Summary
2030 88%
By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.
by Mauro F. Guillén 2020
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3k+ ratings
🌐 Macroeconomic Trends🌍 Global Demographics🔮 Futures Thinking
The Avoidable War
by Kevin Rudd • 2022
Xi has a plan from staying in power to rewriting the world. Washington hasn't read it.
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🌍 Us-China Relations⚔️ Great Power Rivalry♟️ Strategic Competition
The Avoidable War Summary
The Avoidable War 88%
Xi has a plan from staying in power to rewriting the world. Washington hasn't read it.
by Kevin Rudd 2022
4.23
2k+ ratings
🌍 Us-China Relations⚔️ Great Power Rivalry♟️ Strategic Competition
The Singapore Story
by Lee Kuan Yew • 1998
To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.
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🌏 Southeast Asia📜 Decolonization🏗️ Nation Building
The Singapore Story Summary
The Singapore Story 88%
To save his island, he merges with a hostile neighbor and purges his own party.
by Lee Kuan Yew 1998
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3k+ ratings
🌏 Southeast Asia📜 Decolonization🏗️ Nation Building
The China Model
by Daniel A. Bell • 2015
Voters are ignorant, money corrupts, and the future gets no vote. China's alternative explained.
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🌍 Comparative Politics🏛️ Chinese Governance🎓 Meritocracy Critique
The China Model Summary
The China Model 88%
Voters are ignorant, money corrupts, and the future gets no vote. China's alternative explained.
by Daniel A. Bell 2015
3.60
290 ratings
🌍 Comparative Politics🏛️ Chinese Governance🎓 Meritocracy Critique
China's Gilded Age
by Yuen Yuen Ang • 2021
Why did China boom for 40 years amid vast corruption? Because not all graft kills growth.
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🏛️ Political Economy🌏 Comparative Politics💼 Crony Capitalism
China's Gilded Age Summary
China's Gilded Age 88%
Why did China boom for 40 years amid vast corruption? Because not all graft kills growth.
by Yuen Yuen Ang 2021
4.17
309 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🌏 Comparative Politics💼 Crony Capitalism
Six Billion Shoppers
by Porter Erisman • 2017
E-commerce took off where roads and trust barely existed, not in rich nations.
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🌍 Emerging Market E-Commerce🏗️ Platform Business Models💬 Social Commerce
Six Billion Shoppers Summary
Six Billion Shoppers 88%
E-commerce took off where roads and trust barely existed, not in rich nations.
by Porter Erisman 2017
4.09
399 ratings
🌍 Emerging Market E-Commerce🏗️ Platform Business Models💬 Social Commerce
From Rebel to Ruler
by Tony Saich • 2021
Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.
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🏯 Modern China🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience🏛️ One-Party Rule
From Rebel to Ruler Summary
From Rebel to Ruler 88%
Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.
by Tony Saich 2021
3.83
119 ratings
🏯 Modern China🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience🏛️ One-Party Rule
The Great Wall
by Julia Lovell • 1981
The Great Wall was many walls, built for conquest as much as defense, and it failed.
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🏯 Imperial China🇨🇳 Sinocentrism📖 Revisionist History
The Great Wall Summary
The Great Wall 88%
The Great Wall was many walls, built for conquest as much as defense, and it failed.
by Julia Lovell 1981
3.46
344 ratings
🏯 Imperial China🇨🇳 Sinocentrism📖 Revisionist History
From Third World to First
by Lee Kuan Yew • 2000
No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.
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🇧🇧 Nation-Building🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism🇵🇸 Postcolonial States
From Third World to First Summary
From Third World to First 88%
No resources, no market, no military: the decisions that lifted a nation to prosperity.
by Lee Kuan Yew 2000
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5k+ ratings
🇧🇧 Nation-Building🇯🇵 Asian Developmentalism🇵🇸 Postcolonial States
Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA
by Henry M. Paulson Jr. • 2014
US-China progress was never about demands. It was about relationships built before they were needed.
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🇨🇳 US-China Relations🤝 Economic Diplomacy💱 Currency Politics
Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA Summary
Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA 88%
US-China progress was never about demands. It was about relationships built before they were needed.
by Henry M. Paulson Jr. 2014
3.77
2k+ ratings
🇨🇳 US-China Relations🤝 Economic Diplomacy💱 Currency Politics
River Town
by Peter Hessler • 2001
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
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🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion
River Town Summary
River Town 88%
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
by Peter Hessler 2001
4.28
14k+ ratings
🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion
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