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George Walden specialised in China at the Foreign Office and was one of the few Westerners in China in 1964 who spoke Mandarin. In this razor-sharp analysis he argues that we compare the country to Britain or the United States at our peril. The Chinese juggernaut that has launched on to the world stage is of a size without any precedent in human history. Every year 30 million Chinese migrate from the countryside to the city. The only way to grasp what our future with China is going to be like for the next 30 years is to view its culture and insecurities on its own terms.

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‘No book I have read is half as insightful.’ Edward Luttwak Times Literary Supplement Best Books; ‘A welcome dose of reality.’ Sunday Telegraph; ‘Superb.’ Daily Telegraph; ‘Pithy… without pedantry… spiced with wit.’ Human Rights Forum

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Three Years that Changed the World 2 Chinese Realities, Western Myths 3 Red and Yellow Perils 4 Democracy 5 Reading the Runes in the Arts 6 Prophecies A Tale of Two Books Postscript, Maoism and Xi Jinping Notes Index

China: A Wolf in the World

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    A Paperback / softback by George Walden

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      Publisher Gibson Square Books Ltd
      Published 7 January 2021
      ISBN-13 9781783342037
      978-1783342037
      ISBN-10 178334203X
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      Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      George Walden specialised in China at the Foreign Office and was one of the few Westerners in China in 1964 who spoke Mandarin. In this razor-sharp analysis he argues that we compare the country to Britain or the United States at our peril. The Chinese juggernaut that has launched on to the world stage is of a size without any precedent in human history. Every year 30 million Chinese migrate from the countryside to the city. The only way to grasp what our future with China is going to be like for the next 30 years is to view its culture and insecurities on its own terms.

      Trade Review
      ‘No book I have read is half as insightful.’ Edward Luttwak Times Literary Supplement Best Books; ‘A welcome dose of reality.’ Sunday Telegraph; ‘Superb.’ Daily Telegraph; ‘Pithy… without pedantry… spiced with wit.’ Human Rights Forum

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Three Years that Changed the World 2 Chinese Realities, Western Myths 3 Red and Yellow Perils 4 Democracy 5 Reading the Runes in the Arts 6 Prophecies A Tale of Two Books Postscript, Maoism and Xi Jinping Notes Index

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