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Asian Godfathers : Money and Power in Hong Kong and South East Asia
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When a Billion Chinese Jump : How China Will Save Mankind - or Destroy it
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"When a Billion Chinese Jump" is a must-read for individuals who are interested in understanding China's environmental crisis and its impact on the world. This book captures the essence of the challenges facing China's environmental issues and highlights the urgent need for immediate action. Jonathan Watts provides an insightful view of China's environmental crisis by combining detailed research with on-the-ground reporting. The most unique and distinctive feature of this book is its focus on the human element. Watts vividly portrays individual lives in a country all too often viewed as a faceless state. This book serves as a wake-up call to all readers to take immediate action to help save our planet.
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Martin Jacques
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When China Rules The World : The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World [Greatly updated and expanded]
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China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing, it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese.Jacques argues that we cannot understand China in western terms but only through its own history and culture. To this end, he introduces a powerful set of ideas including China as a civilization-state, the tributary system, the Chinese idea of race, a very different concept of the state, and the principle of contested modernity.First published in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim - and controversy - 'When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Rise of a New Global Order' has sold a quarter of a million copies, been translated into eleven languages, nominated for two major literary awards, and has been the subject of an immensely popular TED talk. In the three years since the first edition was published, the book has transformed the debate about China worldwide and proved remarkably prescient.In this greatly expanded and fully updated paperback edition, with nearly three-hundred pages of new material backed up by the latest statistical data, Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China's ascendancy, showing how its impact will be as much political and cultural as economic, thereby transforming the world as we know it.
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Luis Ma. R. Calingo
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Wiley
Strategic Management in the Asian Context : A Casebook in Business Policy and Strategy
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This book offers 27 comprehensive case studies of real Asia-Pacific business organizations and industries undergoing strategic change. The author reviews financial analysis techniques and thoroughly describes the analytical tools and techniques of strategic management.
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On one level, this book is a lively version of Chinese history from 1100 B.C. to the present, through the screen of the dealings of its merchant class. On another level, it is an Arabian Nights tale of scandal, war, politics and, above all, money-making. "To be rich is good," runs an old Chinese proverb. On yet another level, it is a brilliant analysis of the enormous power wielded by a widely scattered group of 55 million Chinese merchants who live in self-imposed or government-ordered exile throughout Asia and, increasingly, in the U.S. and Canada. In the scramble of Western entrepreneurs for footholds in China's enormous markets, asserts Seagrave (The Soong Dynasty), this is the group to reckon with. They're already there. They have a hammerlock on commerce in nearly every country of the Pacific Rim. It is they who financed the current economic boom that has made China the third largest market in the world after the U.S. and Japan, and they who have the greatest stakes in which direction post-Deng China takes. To top off his engrossing account, Seagrave speculates on several possibilities including the breakaway of some southern regions, origin of most of the overseas Chinese, into independent countries. Seagrave has delivered an engrossing mercantile history and he looks forward, with a blend of apprehension and admiration, to the early 21st century, when China is expected to become the world's largest market and the Chinese to join the ranks of the world's most powerful producers.
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China is the world's biggest nation and yet its impact has been comparatively small in modern world affairs. Now its poverty is giving way to modernity under the impetus of 10 per cent annual growth and the country is opening up to foreign trade and investment. This book examines the main aspects of contemporary China which affect the outside world, from politics to the army, from farming and industry to birth control programmes, and from national unity to diplomacy towards neighbouring states and other powers. Dick Wilson places events in China in the context of what is happening to the Chinese community outside the People's Republic - in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South East Asia. He also analyzes the trends which will determine China's future. The book conveys the real story of the Chinese people as they approach the 21st century - already named by some as China's century .
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Tim Clissold
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Constable
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Mr. China
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In the early 1990s, China finally opened for business, and Wall Street wanted to get in on the act. When the investment bankers arrived from New York with their Harvard MBAs, pinstripes and tassled loafers, ready to negotiate with the Old Cadres, the stage was set for a collision between Wall Street's billions and the world's oldest culture. This is the true story of a tough Wall Street banker who had reached the top and found that it wasn't enough. Looking for glory, he came to China to surf the next new investment wave and teamed up with an ex-Red Guard and an Englishman living in Beijing. Together, they raised over $400 million and bought up factories all over China. They thought the contracts were watertight. But then they began learning the hard way that China doesn't play by anyone else's rules. Left sitting in their boardrooms while their Chinese partners marched off in their own different directions, they watched their millions begin sliding towards the abyss. Faced with no option but to fight, they embarked on a series of desperate battles to regain control of their businesses. Their struggle reveals the human face of this vast and complex country that knows it must modernise but throughout history has always kept the advantage when dealing with outsiders. Clissold tells his at times surreal story with amusement and affection, and the result is exhilarating, an eye-opening account of the arcane world of traditional Chinese business and an instructive insight into the limitations of Wall Street and western business-school training. He opens a window of understanding between East and West in a truly exciting human-interest story that is a mix of adventure, farce and high finance.
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Liao Yiwu, Wenguang Huang, Philip Gourevitch |
Pantheon
The Corpse Walker : Real-Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
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The Corpse Walker is a compilation of twenty-seven extraordinary oral histories that opens a window, unlike any other, onto the lives of ordinary, often outcast, Chinese men and women. Liao Yiwu (one of the best-known writers in China because he is also one of the most censored) chose his subjects from the bottom of Chinese people for whom the “new” China--the China of economic growth and globalization-—is no more beneficial than the old. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, he manages to get his subjects to talk openly about their lives.Here are a professional mourner, a trafficker in humans, a leper, an abbot, a retired government official, a former landowner, a mortician, a feng shui master, a former Red Guard, a political prisoner, a village teacher, a blind street musician, a Falun Gong practitioner, and many others–people who have been battered by life but who have managed to retain their dignity, their humor, and their essential, complex humanity.Liao crafted the interviews (conducted between 1990 and 2003) with sensitivity and patience, working both from notes and from his own memory of these remarkable conversations. The result is an idiosyncratic, powerful, and richly revealing portrait of a people, a time, and a place we might otherwise have never known.
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Cherian George
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Singapore : The Air-Conditioned Nation: Essays on the Politics of Comfort and Control, 1990-2000
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As someone interested in Singapore politics and contemporary issues, "Singapore: The Air-Conditioned Nation" is a must-read. Cherian George's collection of stimulating essays provides an insightful analysis of the political success of the ruling People's Action Party and sheds light on the tensions and contradictions inherent in Singapore's system. The book enables readers to gain a more nuanced understanding of the factors shaping Singapore's politics and society.
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Cherian George
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Landmark
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Singapore : The Air-Conditioned Nation: Essays on the Politics of Comfort and Control, 1990-2000
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Sharp commentaries on Singapore politics and contemporary issues by former journalist Cherian George compiled in one volume. The book presents a collection of stimulating essays that get to the very heart of the Singapore system and the dynamics shaping it, revealing many of the tensions and contradictions inherent in the "air-conditioned nation" and the factors accounting for the political success of the ruling People's Action Party.
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The City In Southeast Asia - Patterns, Processes And Policy
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This book is a comprehensive analysis of urbanization in the Southeast Asian region. It offers a fresh perspective on the complex urban systems and their relation to economic development and globalization. With detailed case studies, it provides useful insights for policymakers, researchers, and students interested in the dynamics of urbanization in Southeast Asia.
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Robyn Meredith
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The Elephant and the Dragon : The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
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"A comprehensive primer on the development of these Asian tigers."Noam Lupu, San Francisco ChronicleThe Elephant and the Dragon is the essential guide to understanding how India and China are reshaping our world. With labor now unbound from geographic borders, we're seeing startling shifts in howand wherenearly everything we buy is made. In a compelling mix of history and on-the-ground reporting, veteran journalist Robyn Meredith untangles the complex web of business and politics, as well as environmental and cultural issues that entwine India, China, and the West. She also outlines how Americansbusiness leaders, workers, politicians, even parentscan understand the vast changes coming and thrive in this new age.
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J.A.A. Stockwin
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Governing Japan - Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy
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This fourth edition provides an in-depth, up-to-date, chronologicalanalysis of Japan's current political system and thecontributions of its leaders. It emphasizes why Japan and itspolitics matters in a global society.Ideal for college courses on Japanese or comparative politicsas well as for those interested in Japanese war memory, constitutional revision, and Japan's relationship with theUS, China, and North and South KoreaInvestigates the divided aspects existing below the veneer ofconsensus in Japanese politicsExplores conflicts between power-hungry political groups aswell as fundamental differences regarding Japan'sconstitution, the interpretation of Japanese actions in theAsia-Pacific War, and Japan's place in today'sworldAdvocates a system that readily permits changes of party inpower for the present system dominated by the Liberal DemocraticPartyExamines the extreme statements of high profile politicians todetermine whether a "nationalist resurgence" in Japan is realor notSheds light on the official incompetence and the spectacularrise of civil society following the Kobe earthquakeFeatures numerous Japanese sources
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Bill Hayton
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Vietnam : Rising Dragon
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"Vietnam: Rising Dragon" is a captivating and enlightening read that sheds light on the many complexities of Vietnam's development. The book examines the social, economic, political, cultural, and historical factors influencing the country. Hayton's personal accounts offer an immersive experience for readers looking to learn more about Vietnam's urban and street life, cultural heritage, and their uniquely structured government. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in exploring a detailed account of Vietnam's emergence as a rising Asian power.
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Dambisa Moyo
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Penguin
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Winner Take All : China's Race For Resources and What It Means For Us
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Winner Take All is a must-read for anyone interested in global politics and economics. Dambisa Moyo provides a well-researched examination of China's aggressive search for resources, the impact it is having on the world, and the potential consequences for our future. The book delves into the complexities of commodity markets and geopolitical power, making it a valuable resource for students, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the global economy.
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Gordon G. Chang
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Random
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The Coming Collapse Of China
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Recommendation: This book offers a well-researched and bleak outlook on China's current political and economic situation, examining various challenges that the nation is grappling with today. The author delves into China's corruption, deflation, insolvency, and other issues with a level of detail that leaves little doubt about the seriousness of these challenges. It is perfect for those interested in understanding the complexities of China's economic and political landscape and how these can impact the country's future stability.
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Michael S.Dobbs- Higginson
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Mandarin
Asia Pacific : Its Role in the New World Disorder
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This book is recommended for those interested in current events and geopolitics. It offers a thought-provoking analysis of the political and economic changes in the Asia Pacific region and proposes a possible solution for stability. The author's extensive research and detailed discussions on the topic make this an informative read for anyone looking to expand their understanding of the area.
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Joe Studwell
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Grove
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Asian Godfathers : Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
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"Asian Godfathers" is an insightful book that delves into the lives of the 50 wealthiest families in Southeast Asia, providing an intimate account of their rise to power. Author Joe Studwell's meticulous research sheds light on the historic, economic, and political influences that gave rise to these families. Recommended for those interested in understanding the complex power dynamics of Southeast Asia.
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Robyn Meredith
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The Elephant and the Dragon : The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
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This book offers a comprehensive view of the economic and political changes happening in India and China, and their effects on the world. The author provides in-depth analysis of key industries and issues, from manufacturing to the environment, and offers insights on how individuals and businesses can navigate this new global landscape. A must-read for anyone interested in international affairs or global economics.
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Lee Kuan Yew
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The Singapore Story : Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
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This memoir is a must-read for anyone interested in politics, leadership, and the incredible transformation of Singapore. Through the eyes of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, you'll gain insights into his visionary leadership and the strategies he employed to turn a small, resource-poor nation into a thriving global hub. Lee's candid and pragmatic approach to governance will leave you inspired and in awe of Singapore's success story.
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Edward Luce
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Doubleday
In Spite of the Gods : The Strange Rise of Modern India
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India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the world’s third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. In In Spite of the Gods, Edward Luce, a journalist who covered India for many years, makes brilliant sense of India and its rise to global power. Already a number-one bestseller in India, his book is sure to be acknowledged for years as the definitive introduction to modern India. In Spite of the Gods illuminates a land of many contradictions. The booming tech sector we read so much about in the West, Luce points out, employs no more than one million of India’s 1.1 billion people. Only 35 million people, in fact, have formal enough jobs to pay taxes, while three-quarters of the country lives in extreme deprivation in India’s 600,000 villages. Yet amid all these extremes exists the world’s largest experiment in representative democracy—and a largely successful one, despite bureaucracies riddled with horrifying corruption. Luce shows that India is an economic rival to the U.S. in an entirely different sense than China is. There is nothing in India like the manufacturing capacity of China, despite the huge potential labor force. An inept system of public education leaves most Indians illiterate and unskilled. Yet at the other extreme, the middle class produces ten times as many engineering students a year as the United States. Notwithstanding its future as a major competitor in a globalized economy, American. leaders have been encouraging India’s rise, even welcoming it into the nuclear energy club, hoping to balance China’s influence in Asia. Above all, In Spite of the Gods is an enlightening study of the forces shaping India as it tries to balance the stubborn traditions of the past with an unevenly modernizing present. Deeply informed by scholarship and history, leavened by humor and rich in anecdote, it shows that India has huge opportunities as well as tremendous challenges that make the future “hers to lose.”
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The New Great Game
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The Caspian Region, lying south of Russia, west of China and north of Afghanistan, contains the world's largest untapped oil and gas resources. Using a concept immortalised by Kipling in his novel Kim, Lutz Kleveman argues that there is now a new 'Great Game' in the region.
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Richard McGregor
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Penguin
The Party : The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers
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China's Communist Party is the largest, most powerful political machine in the world. Here, for the first time, Richard McGregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of the country - its military and media, legal system and businesses, even its religious organizations. How has the Party merged Marx, Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does this mean for the world?
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Marc Faber
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Tomorrow's Gold : Asia's Age of Discovery
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- If you're fascinated by the economic rise of Asia and want to understand the opportunities it presents, Tomorrow's Gold is a must-read.
- Marc Faber's extensive research and insights provide a unique perspective on the potential growth and investment opportunities in Asia.
- With a blend of historical analysis and forward-thinking predictions, this book will help you navigate the complex landscape of Asian markets.
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Jonathan Clements
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A History of the Silk Road
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The Silk Road is not a place, but a journey, a route from the edges of the Mediterranean to the central plains of China, through high mountains and inhospitable deserts. For thousands of years its history has been a traveler’s history, of brief encounters in desert towns, snowbound passes and nameless forts. It was the conduit that first brought Buddhism, Christianity and Islam into China, and the site of much of the “Great Game” between 19th-century empires. Today, its central section encompasses several former Soviet republics, and the Chinese Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. The ancient trade route controversially crosses the sites of several forgotten kingdoms, buried in sand and only now revealing their secrets.A History of the Silk Road not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the region’s development, but also provides an invaluable introduction to its languages, literature, and arts. It takes a comprehensive and illuminating look at the rich history of this dynamic and little known region, and provides an easy-to-use reference source. Jonathan Clements pays particular attention to the fascinating historical sites which feature on any visitor’s itinerary and also gives special emphasis to the writings and reactions of travelers through the centuries.
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Lee Kuan Yew
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Times
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Singapore Story : Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
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Lee Kuan Yew's personal perspective adds depth and authenticity.
3. Reveals the challenges and strategies behind Singapore's transformation.
4. Offers valuable insights for leaders and policymakers.
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James Kynge
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China Shakes the World : A Titan's Rise and Troubled Future -- And the Challenge for America
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China Shakes the World provides a ground-level look at how China's rise affects global trade and politics. It challenges common myths and reveals China's systemic weaknesses, such as environmental crises and a corrupt banking system. By providing dramatic stories of workers and visionaries at the heart of China's rise, Kynge helps readers understand the complexity of this global phenomenon and its consequences for the 21st century. This book is recommended for readers interested in understanding China's economic and geopolitical impact on the world.
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Steve Levine
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Random
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The Oil and the Glory : The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea
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Remote, forbidding, and volatile, the Caspian Sea long tantalized the world with its vast oil reserves. But outsiders, blocked by the closed Soviet system, couldn’t get to it. Then the Soviet Union collapsed, and a wholesale rush into the region erupted. Along with oilmen, representatives of the world’s leading nations flocked to the Caspian for a share of the thirty billion barrels of proven oil reserves at stake, and a tense geopolitical struggle began. The main players were Moscow and Washington–the former seeking to retain control of its satellite states, and the latter intent on dislodging Russia to the benefit of the West.The Oil and the Glory is the gripping account of this latest phase in the epochal struggle for control of the earth’s “black gold.” Steve LeVine, who was based in the region for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times , and Newsweek , weaves an astonishing tale of high-stakes political gamesmanship, greed, and scandal, set in one of the most opaque corners of the world. In LeVine’s telling, the world’s energy giants jockey for position in the rich Kazakh and Azeri oilfields, while superpowers seek to gain a strategic foothold in the region and to keep each other in check. At the heart of the story is the contest to build and operate energy pipelines out of the landlocked region, the key to controlling the Caspian and its oil. The oil pipeline that resulted, the longest in the world, is among Washington’s greatest foreign policy triumphs in at least a decade and a half.Along the way, LeVine introduces such players as James Giffen, an American moneyman who was also the political “fixer” for oil companies eager to do business on the Caspian and the broker for Kazakhstan’s president and ministers; John Deuss, the flamboyant Dutch oil trader who won big but lost even bigger; Heydar Aliyev, the oft-misunderstood Azeri president who transcended his past as a Soviet Politburo member and masterminded a scheme to loosen Russian control over its former colonies in the Caspian region; and all manner of rogues, adventurers, and others drawn by the irresistible pull of untold riches and the possible “final frontier” of the fossil-fuel era. The broader story is of the geopolitical questions of the Caspian oil bonanza, such as whether Russia can be a trusted ally and trading partner with the West, and what Washington’s entry into this important but chaotic region will mean for its long-term stability.In an intense and suspenseful narrative, The Oil and the Glory is the definitive chronicle of events that are understood by few, but whose political and economic impact will be both profound and lasting."The collapse of the Soviet Union was a big opportunity for Big Oil, whose exploits are detailed in this fast-paced work of political and economic reportage by Wall Street Journal energy correspondent LeVine.Westerners had been sniffing for black gold in Russia and its satellites long before the empire disintegrated, notes the author. Averell Harriman, “the Harvard-trained scion of nineteenth-century robber baron Edward Harriman,” tried his hand at the business before turning to manganese mining, while Armand Hammer “became a money launderer for the Bolsheviks, sneaked cash to secret Bolshevik agents in the United States, and profited handsomely as the representative in Russia of some thirty American companies.” Hammer set the tone for the Americans who flocked to the Caspian in the first years of the Clinton presidency, which maneuvered for the construction of an east-west oil pipeline that, by reversing the old pattern of Central Asian materials going north to Russia and coming back as products for sale, “would favor the West and disfavor Russia.” Not a nice way to treat a fledgling democracy, but the oil scouts, of course, considered Russia a rival for Central-Asian resources second only to Iran, with its heartfelt and long-standing enmity toward the United States in the region and abroad. These scouts–the first among equals being LeVine’s heart-of-darkness antihero, Jim Giffen–kept their distance when Russia still had control over the area, spurning a Gorbachev-era program to allow foreign co-ownership. But they rushed to support separatist movements and encouraged ethnic and political divisions that opened the door to an even bigger share of the wealth. The tale of Giffen’s rise and fall (the latter for perhaps surprising reasons) occupies much of the later pages, but he never loses sight of the bigger picture: namely, Central Asia as oil lamp and potential powder keg in the realpolitik of the next few years.A complex story rendered comprehensible, with much drama and intrigue."--KIRKUS
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Mandarin
Asia Pacific : Its Role in the New World Disorder
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469 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Only Exception Is A Small Mark From Old Price On Cover. Part Business Book, Part Cultural History, This Is A Fascinating And Unique Insight Into A Much Misunderstood Region.
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Martin Jacques
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When China Rules The World : The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World [Greatly updated and expanded]
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Recommendation:
- If you're curious about China's growing influence and want to anticipate the future, "When China Rules The World" is the ultimate guide. Through an engaging exploration of China's history and culture, Martin Jacques challenges the Western perspective and introduces unique ideas that will reshape your understanding of the world. With updated material and statistics, this book is an eye-opening journey into a powerful civilization-state that is set to redefine the global order. Get ready to be captivated by the cultural and political transformation that awaits us all.
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Arundhati Roy
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Penguin
Algebra of Infinite Justice
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First published in 2001, this book brings together all of Arundhati Roy's political writings so far. This revised paperback edition includes two new essays, written in early 2002: 'Democracy: Who's She When She's Not at Home', which examines the horrific communal violence in Gujarat, and 'War Talk: Summer Games with Nuclear Bombs', about the threat of nuclear war in the Subcontinent.
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Kurt Campbell
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The Pivot : The Future of American Statecraft in Asia
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From former assistant secretary of state Kurt M. Campbell comes the definitive analysis and explanation of the new major shift in American foreign policy, its interests and assets, to Asia.There is a quiet drama playing out in American foreign policy far from the dark contours of upheaval in the Middle East and South Asia and the hovering drone attacks of the war on terror. The United States is in the midst of a substantial and long-term national project, which is proceeding in fits and starts, to reorient its foreign policy to the East. The central tenet of this policy shift, aka the Pivot, is that the United States will need to do more with and in the Asia-Pacific hemisphere to help revitalize its own economy, to realize the full potential of the region's dramatic innovation, and to keep the peace in the world's most dynamic region where the lion's share of the history of the twenty-first century will be written.This book is about a necessary course correction for American diplomacy, commercial engagement, and military innovation during a time of unrelenting and largely unrewarding conflict. While the United States has intensified its focus on the Asia-Pacific arena relative to previous administrations, much more remains to be done.The Pivot is about that future. It explores how the United States should construct a strategy that will position it to maneuver across the East and offers a clarion call for cunning, dexterity, and ingenuity in the period ahead for American statecraft in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Zhao Ziyang, Renee Chiang, Bao Pu |
Simon
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Prisoner of the State : The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
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If you're engrossed by political histories and first-hand accounts of pivotal events, "Prisoner of the State" could speak volumes to you. Zhao Ziyang's secret journal offers a rare glimpse into the otherwise opaque world of Chinese politics, particularly surrounding the Tiananmen Square event. It's a window into the thoughts of a reformist leader and is bound to stir a mix of curiosity, empathy, and possibly outrage as you flip through the pages of recent history as experienced by someone on the inside.
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John Heathershaw, Alexander A. Cooley |
Yale
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Dictators Without Borders : Power and Money in Central Asia
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A penetrating look into the unrecognized and unregulated links between autocratic regimes in Central Asia and centers of power and wealth throughout the WestWeak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with extensive involvement in economics, politics and security dynamics beyond its borders. Yet Central Asia’s international activities are mostly hidden from view, with disturbing implications for world security. Based on years of research and involvement in the region, Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw reveal how business networks, elite bank accounts, overseas courts, third-party brokers, and Western lawyers connect Central Asia’s supposedly isolated leaders with global power centers. The authors also uncover widespread Western participation in money laundering, bribery, foreign lobbying by autocratic governments, and the exploiting of legal loopholes within Central Asia. Riveting and important, this book exposes the global connections of a troubled region that must no longer be ignored.
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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
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Looking East To Look West - Lee Kuan Yew's Mission India
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Looking East To Look West is a must-read for those interested in the history and politics of Asia, particularly in relation to India and Singapore. The book details the significant role Lee Kuan Yew played in the relationship between the two nations, and the impact he had on India's emergence as a player in the Concert of Asia. The book combines historical facts, personal details, and anecdotes, making it an engaging and educational read for anyone interested in the subject matter.
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Frank B. Gibney
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Scribner
The Pacific Century : America and Asia in a Changing World
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By the mid-1990s, American trade with the Pacific nations--Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Australia, and others--will be twice as large as our commerce with countries across the Atlantic. Now one of America's most distinguished Asia scholars examines the history and development of the Pacific nations and makes clear America's stake in this region. 200 photographs.
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Jacob M. Schlesinger
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Simon
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Shadow Shoguns : The Rise and Fall of Japan's Postwar Political Machine
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Recommendation: Shadow Shoguns provides a detailed historical account of Japan's postwar political machine, highlighting the controversial and scandalous political tactics employed by Japan's leaders. Recommended for history buffs interested in Japan's political history and the enigmatic Kakuen Tanaka.
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John Bryan Starr
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Hill
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Wang
Understanding China : A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture
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In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future.The death of Deng Xioaping in February 1997, revelations about Chinese influence in our election campaigns, and Chinese eagerness to acquire advanced American technology, are only some of the developments that show how urgently we need to know and understand China better than we do. In this revised edition of his essential book, Starr focuses his shrewd attention on them all. He furnishes additional material on China's relations with Taiwan and Tibet, the transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese rule, China's nuclear weapons program, and its environmental and human rights records.
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Michael Zielenziger
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Nan
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Shutting Out the Sun : How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation
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The world’s second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lowest birthrate of all industrialized countries, and a rising incidence of untreated cases of depression. Equally as troubling are the more than one million young men who shut themselves in their rooms, withdrawing from society, and the growing numbers of “parasite singles,” the name given to single women who refuse to leave home, marry, or bear children.In Shutting Out the Sun , Michael Zielenziger argues that Japan’s rigid, tradition-steeped society, its aversion to change, and its distrust of individuality and the expression of self are stifling economic revival, political reform, and social evolution. Giving a human face to the country’s malaise, Zielenziger explains how these constraints have driven intelligent, creative young men to become modern-day hermits. At the same time, young women, better educated than their mothers and earning high salaries, are rejecting the traditional path to marriage and motherhood, preferring to spend their money on luxury goods and travel.Smart, unconventional, and politically controversial, Shutting Out the Sun is a bold explanation of Japan’s stagnation and its implications for the rest of the world.
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Lee Kuan Yew, Henry Kissinger |
Harper
From Third World To First : The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
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This book is a must-read for those interested in the history of Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew offers a frank and unique perspective on how a tiny country managed to transform into a prosperous and secure modern society in just a few decades. He shares his disapproving approach to political opponents and his unorthodox views, making this a candid and insightful account of Singapore's survival. Lee's relationships with political peers such as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan also add to the interest. Overall, this book is a brilliant portrayal of an influential man and his role in Singapore's incredible journey towards development.
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Sherman So, J.Christopher Westland |
Marshall
Cavendish
Books
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Red Wired : China's Internet Revolution
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China now contains 250 million Internet users, the largest in the world, and growing. Fortunes have been made, but more importantly, society and business are being transformed along the unique lines of Chinese Internet development. This will substantially affect the business and political character of the fastest growing economic power in the world. Red Wired takes a fascinating inside look at how China has adopted the Internet at rapid pace. Through unique access to the key players in China's Internet revolution, the authors offer a new perspective on the growth of this superpower and the role that technology has played. Moreover, they offer business lessons from Internet companies which succeeded in this most complex and unique of markets.
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Hal Hill, Jamie Mackie |
Allen
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Unwin
Indonesia'S New Order : The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Transformation
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Publicaffairs
The New Asian Hemisphere : The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
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The New Asian Hemisphere is recommended for those interested in current global affairs and shifting power dynamics. Mahbubani's insights on the importance of Western powers sharing power with Asia can lend readers a deeper understanding of a more inclusive global order.
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Tom Plate
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Marshall
Cavendish
International
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Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew - Citizen Singapore: How To Build A Nation
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"Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew" is a must-read for those interested in learning about Singapore's development as a modern nation. Through candid interviews with Lee Kuan Yew, readers gain insight into his uncorrupted, modern, and almost scientific approach to leadership. The book includes previously unreleased interviews and offers a unique perspective on one of the most unforgettable political figures of modern times. Overall, a great read for those interested in politics, leadership, and nation-building.
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Kishore Mahbubani
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Publicaffairs
The New Asian Hemisphere : The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
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The New Asian Hemisphere would be a good read for anyone interested in understanding the impact of Asia's rise on global politics and markets. The book offers a unique perspective on the Asian renaissance and its implications for the world order. Mahbubani argues that the West must gracefully give up its domination of global institutions, and that tensions and conflicts can be avoided if the world accepts the key principles for a new global partnership spelled out in this book. Overall, this book provides valuable insights and recommendations for policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and anyone interested in the future of global governance.
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Bao Pu, Renee Chiang, Zhao Ziyang |
Pocket
Books
Prisoner of the State
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Prisoner of the State is the story of the man who brought liberal change to China and who, at the height of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, tried to stop the massacre and was dethroned for his efforts. When China's army moved in, killing hundreds of students and other demonstrators, Zhao was placed under house arrest at his home in Beijing. The Premier spent the last 16 years of his life, up until his death in 2005, in seclusion. China scholars often lamented that Zhao never had his final say. As it turns out, Zhao did produce a memoir, in complete secrecy. He methodically recorded his thoughts and recollections on what had happened behind the scenes during many of modern China's most critical moments. The tapes he produced were smuggled out of the country and form the basis for Prisoner of the State. Although Zhao now speaks from beyond the grave, his voice has the moral power to make China sit up and listen.
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