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According to even the most conservative estimates, China will ascend to the position of world economic leader by 2050. In this far-reaching and original investigation, Jacques offers provocative answers to some of the most pressing questions about China's growing place on the world stage.
Continental in size and mentality, China is a 'civilization-state' whose characteristics, attitudes and values long predate its existence as a nation-state. This book explains the deeper meaning of the rise of China. ... from the British hardback edition
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 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell Set in Japan in the early 19th-century, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is part historical fiction, part mystery/thriller, and part swashbuckler. That the author, David Mitchell, can pull all this together is a tribute to his... [ Read full review ] |
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