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🏮 Chinese Strategy

Books drawing on classical Chinese strategic thought—Sun Tzu, the Thirty-Six Stratagems, and beyond—applying ancient wisdom to warfare, business, and the art of navigating complex situations.
资治通鉴
by 司马光 • 2012
1,300 years of Chinese history conceal a master class in power, trust, and statecraft.
4.44
77
🏛️ Chinese Statecraft📜 Ancient Wisdom⚖️ Distributive Justice
资治通鉴 Summary
资治通鉴 89%
1,300 years of Chinese history conceal a master class in power, trust, and statecraft.
by 司马光 2012
4.44
77 ratings
🏛️ Chinese Statecraft📜 Ancient Wisdom⚖️ Distributive Justice
War Without Rules
by Robert Spalding • 2022
China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.
4.04
318
🌍 Great Power Competition🎯 Asymmetric Warfare🧬 Hybrid Warfare
War Without Rules Summary
War Without Rules 89%
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🎯 Asymmetric Warfare🧬 Hybrid Warfare
The Strategy of Denial
by Elbridge A. Colby • 2021
China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.
3.79
660
🏛️ Military Strategy🌏 Us China Rivalry🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait
The Strategy of Denial Summary
The Strategy of Denial 89%
China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.
by Elbridge A. Colby 2021
3.79
660 ratings
🏛️ Military Strategy🌏 Us China Rivalry🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait
The Long Game
by Rush Doshi • 2021
A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.
4.03
1k+
🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy♟️ Grand Strategy⚖️ Hegemonic Transition
The Long Game Summary
The Long Game 89%
A playbook for replacing America as the world's leader, drawn from China's own strategic documents.
by Rush Doshi 2021
4.03
1k+ ratings
🏦 Chinese Foreign Policy♟️ Grand Strategy⚖️ Hegemonic Transition
The Hundred-Year Marathon
by Michael Pillsbury • 2014
China's long game to dethrone America, and how Washington became its unwitting partner.
4.20
5k+
🌏 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
曾国藩传
by 张宏杰 • 2018
A slow, clumsy scholar who failed the imperial exam twice became his era's greatest statesman.
4.59
112
🏯 Imperial China🌱 Self-Cultivation⚔️ Military Strategy
曾国藩传 Summary
曾国藩传 89%
A slow, clumsy scholar who failed the imperial exam twice became his era's greatest statesman.
by 张宏杰 2018
4.59
112 ratings
🏯 Imperial China🌱 Self-Cultivation⚔️ Military Strategy
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War
by Ralph D. Sawyer • 1993
Seven Chinese classics teach that war, statecraft, and virtue are a single skill.
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611
⚔️ Military Strategy🀄 Chinese Philosophy🏛️ Statecraft
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War Summary
The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War 89%
Seven Chinese classics teach that war, statecraft, and virtue are a single skill.
by Ralph D. Sawyer 1993
4.20
611 ratings
⚔️ Military Strategy🀄 Chinese Philosophy🏛️ Statecraft
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
by Hiroshi Moriya • 2008
Victory without combat: how ancient Chinese deception tactics let you win before the fight starts.
3.76
124
🪖 Military Strategy📊 Business Strategy🧠 Psychological Warfare
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts Summary
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts 89%
Victory without combat: how ancient Chinese deception tactics let you win before the fight starts.
by Hiroshi Moriya 2008
3.76
124 ratings
🪖 Military Strategy📊 Business Strategy🧠 Psychological Warfare
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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1k+
🏛️ Chinese Politics⚡ Authoritarian Governance🐉 Xi Jinping Era
The Third Revolution Summary
The Third Revolution 89%
Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.
by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018
3.75
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Chinese Politics⚡ Authoritarian Governance🐉 Xi Jinping Era
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.
3.70
984
🌍 Global Power Shifts🇨🇳 China'S Rise♟️ Realpolitik
Has the West Lost It? Summary
Has the West Lost It? 89%
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
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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3k+
🔭 Geopolitics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry⚓ Maritime Strategy
Asia's Cauldron Summary
Asia's Cauldron 88%
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
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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222
🇨🇳 China Trade Policy🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism🏴‍☠️ Intellectual Property Theft
The Coming China Wars Summary
The Coming China Wars 88%
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
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
Crouching Tiger
by Peter Navarro • 2015
China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.
4.04
219
🌏 Us-China Relations🇨🇳 Chinese Military🏯 Asian Geopolitics
Crouching Tiger Summary
Crouching Tiger 88%
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
The Complete Art of War
by Sun Tzu • 1996
Never face strength with strength. The ancient manual on winning conflicts indirectly.
4.14
7k+
⚔️ Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking💼 Business Strategy
The Complete Art of War Summary
The Complete Art of War 88%
Never face strength with strength. The ancient manual on winning conflicts indirectly.
by Sun Tzu 1996
4.14
7k+ ratings
⚔️ Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking💼 Business Strategy
The Art of War Landmark Edition
by Sun Tzu • 2021
Strike only where the opponent is empty: a 2,500-year-old strategy that still beats brute force.
3.94
580k+
🪖 Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🎭 Deception Tactics
The Art of War Landmark Edition Summary
The Art of War Landmark Edition 88%
Strike only where the opponent is empty: a 2,500-year-old strategy that still beats brute force.
by Sun Tzu 2021
3.94
580k+ ratings
🪖 Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🎭 Deception Tactics
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 88%
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
Influence Empire
by Lulu Yilun Chen • 2022
A billion-user empire built on copycatting: inside Tencent's rise and Beijing's decisive crackdown.
3.93
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🇨🇳 Chinese Tech📜 Corporate History📱 Digital Platforms
Influence Empire Summary
Influence Empire 88%
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 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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3k+
🏯 Imperial China🔄 Dynastic History☯️ Chinese Philosophy
The Shortest History of China Summary
The Shortest History of China 88%
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
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
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 88%
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
Hidden Hand
by Clive Hamilton • 2020
Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.
3.85
806
🏴 Political Warfare💰 Economic Coercion🌏 Diaspora Politics
Hidden Hand Summary
Hidden Hand 88%
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
Unrestricted Warfare
by Qiao Liang • 1999
Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.
3.64
758
⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare⚔️ Hybrid Warfare💰 Economic Warfare
Unrestricted Warfare Summary
Unrestricted Warfare 88%
Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.
by Qiao Liang 1999
3.64
758 ratings
⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare⚔️ Hybrid Warfare💰 Economic Warfare
Rome and China
by Walter Scheidel • 2008
Why Rome's fall was permanent, and China's was not: a comparative history of ancient empires.
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47
🌍 Comparative History🏛️ Ancient Empires🏗️ State Formation
Rome and China Summary
Rome and China 88%
Why Rome's fall was permanent, and China's was not: a comparative history of ancient empires.
by Walter Scheidel 2008
3.47
47 ratings
🌍 Comparative History🏛️ Ancient Empires🏗️ State Formation
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 88%
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
Sun Tzu
by Gerald A. Michaelson • 1998
A 2,500-year-old general's playbook, rewritten for the boardroom: 50 rules for winning any market.
3.82
621
📊 Business Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🔎 Competitive Intelligence
Sun Tzu Summary
Sun Tzu 88%
A 2,500-year-old general's playbook, rewritten for the boardroom: 50 rules for winning any market.
by Gerald A. Michaelson 1998
3.82
621 ratings
📊 Business Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking🔎 Competitive Intelligence
The New Silk Roads
by Peter Frankopan • 2018
Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.
3.57
8k+
🇨🇳 China Rising🛣️ Belt And Road🌐 Eurasian Integration
The New Silk Roads Summary
The New Silk Roads 87%
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
Confucianism
by Daniel K. Gardner • 2014
No god, no police: how one moral philosophy held Chinese society together for two thousand years.
3.98
372
🏮 Chinese Philosophy📜 Confucianism🎯 Virtue Ethics
Confucianism Summary
Confucianism 87%
No god, no police: how one moral philosophy held Chinese society together for two thousand years.
by Daniel K. Gardner 2014
3.98
372 ratings
🏮 Chinese Philosophy📜 Confucianism🎯 Virtue Ethics
Destined for War
by Graham Allison • 2017
Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.
4.19
7k+
🏛️ International Relations🌍 Geopolitics🤝 Us-China Relations
Destined for War Summary
Destined for War 87%
Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.
by Graham Allison 2017
4.19
7k+ ratings
🏛️ International Relations🌍 Geopolitics🤝 Us-China Relations
The Art of War
by Thomas Cuong Huynh • 2008
Nine principles from Sun Tzu that let you win in business without going head-to-head.
3.96
497
💼 Business Strategy⚔️ Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War 87%
Nine principles from Sun Tzu that let you win in business without going head-to-head.
by Thomas Cuong Huynh 2008
3.96
497 ratings
💼 Business Strategy⚔️ Military Strategy🧠 Strategic Thinking
Censored
by Margaret E. Roberts • 2018
China's censorship is easy to get around, and that's exactly how it works.
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123
🧱 Digital Authoritarianism🇨🇳 Chinese Politics🚫 Internet Censorship
Censored Summary
Censored 87%
China's censorship is easy to get around, and that's exactly how it works.
by Margaret E. Roberts 2018
4.18
123 ratings
🧱 Digital Authoritarianism🇨🇳 Chinese Politics🚫 Internet Censorship
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
by Victoria Tin-bor Hui • 2005
Ancient China unified; Europe stayed divided. The hinge: how states chose to fund their wars.
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46
🏛️ Comparative History🏗️ State Formation🌐 International Relations Theory
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe Summary
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe 87%
Ancient China unified; Europe stayed divided. The hinge: how states chose to fund their wars.
by Victoria Tin-bor Hui 2005
4.02
46 ratings
🏛️ Comparative History🏗️ State Formation🌐 International Relations Theory
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
by Peter Paret • 1943
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
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2k+
🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age Summary
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age 87%
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
by Peter Paret 1943
4.03
2k+ ratings
🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
Red Dawn Over China
by Frank Dikötter • 2026
China never wanted communism. A marginal Soviet proxy conquered it through terror and deceit.
3.82
153
🀄 Chinese Communism☭ Maoist China🇷🇺 Soviet Influence
Red Dawn Over China Summary
Red Dawn Over China 87%
China never wanted communism. A marginal Soviet proxy conquered it through terror and deceit.
by Frank Dikötter 2026
3.82
153 ratings
🀄 Chinese Communism☭ Maoist China🇷🇺 Soviet Influence
House of Huawei
by Eva Dou • 2025
A Shenzhen startup built a surveillance empire and defied sanctions: inside Huawei.
3.88
3k+
🏢 Corporate Histories🏭 Chinese Capitalism🌏 Us-China Rivalry
House of Huawei Summary
House of Huawei 87%
A Shenzhen startup built a surveillance empire and defied sanctions: inside Huawei.
by Eva Dou 2025
3.88
3k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Histories🏭 Chinese Capitalism🌏 Us-China Rivalry
Strategy without Design
by Robert C.H. Chia • 2009
Planned strategy destroys itself. Wins that last emerge from everyday coping, not grand designs.
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12
🧩 Emergent Strategy🌊 Spontaneous Order🔄 Systems Thinking
Strategy without Design Summary
Strategy without Design 87%
Planned strategy destroys itself. Wins that last emerge from everyday coping, not grand designs.
by Robert C.H. Chia 2009
4.50
12 ratings
🧩 Emergent Strategy🌊 Spontaneous Order🔄 Systems Thinking
The China Model
by Daniel A. Bell • 2015
Voters are ignorant, money corrupts, and the future gets no vote. China's alternative explained.
3.60
290
🌍 Comparative Politics🏛️ Chinese Governance🎓 Meritocracy Critique
The China Model Summary
The China Model 87%
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
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 87%
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
From Rebel to Ruler
by Tony Saich • 2021
Its ideology should have killed it, but the party survived by stealing ancient imperial habits.
3.83
119
🏯 Modern China🛡️ Authoritarian Resilience🏛️ One-Party Rule
From Rebel to Ruler Summary
From Rebel to Ruler 87%
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
Clausewitz on Strategy
by Tiha von Ghyczy • 2001
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
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🪖 Military Strategy🏢 Corporate Strategy⚔️ Clausewitzian Strategy
Clausewitz on Strategy Summary
Clausewitz on Strategy 87%
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001
4.05
109 ratings
🪖 Military Strategy🏢 Corporate Strategy⚔️ Clausewitzian Strategy
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.
3.79
848
🗺️ Geopolitics🌏 Eurasian Politics⚔️ Great Power Rivalry
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World 87%
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
alibaba
by Liu Shiying • 2009
A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.
3.62
125
🏮 Chinese Business🚀 Internet Startups👤 Founder Stories
alibaba Summary
alibaba 87%
A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.
by Liu Shiying 2009
3.62
125 ratings
🏮 Chinese Business🚀 Internet Startups👤 Founder Stories
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.
4.07
2k+
🌏 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 87%
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
Red Roulette
by Desmond Shum • 2021
From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.
3.91
6k+
🇨🇳 Chinese Politics💰 Crony Capitalism⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes
Red Roulette Summary
Red Roulette 87%
From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.
by Desmond Shum 2021
3.91
6k+ ratings
🇨🇳 Chinese Politics💰 Crony Capitalism⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes
Wireless Wars
by Jonathan Pelson • 2021
The West lost 5G chasing cheap Chinese labor. The answer is open standards, not sanctions.
4.10
301
🗺️ Tech Geopolitics🇨🇳 Chinese Tech📡 Telecom Industry
Wireless Wars Summary
Wireless Wars 87%
The West lost 5G chasing cheap Chinese labor. The answer is open standards, not sanctions.
by Jonathan Pelson 2021
4.10
301 ratings
🗺️ Tech Geopolitics🇨🇳 Chinese Tech📡 Telecom Industry
On Grand Strategy
by John Lewis Gaddis • 2018
Great strategists don't pick sides. They hold opposing truths in each hand and act anyway.
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🗺️ Grand Strategy🏛️ Statecraft♟️ Strategic Thinking
On Grand Strategy Summary
On Grand Strategy 87%
Great strategists don't pick sides. They hold opposing truths in each hand and act anyway.
by John Lewis Gaddis 2018
3.75
5k+ ratings
🗺️ Grand Strategy🏛️ Statecraft♟️ Strategic Thinking
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 87%
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
Wealth and Power
by Orville Schell • 2013
Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.
4.23
1k+
🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History🏛️ Chinese Political Thought🏭 Authoritarian Development
Wealth and Power Summary
Wealth and Power 87%
Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.
by Orville Schell 2013
4.23
1k+ ratings
🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History🏛️ Chinese Political Thought🏭 Authoritarian Development
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.
4.26
1k+
🇨🇳 Chinese Economy🌏 Emerging Markets🏛️ Political Economy
China's Economy Summary
China's Economy 87%
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
4.26
1k+ ratings
🇨🇳 Chinese Economy🌏 Emerging Markets🏛️ Political Economy
The Art of War
by Niccolò Machiavelli • 1521
A republic that hires soldiers is already dead. The cure: citizen farmers trained like Romans.
4.05
9k+
🧠 Military Strategy⚔️ Ancient Warfare🎭 Psychological Warfare
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War 87%
A republic that hires soldiers is already dead. The cure: citizen farmers trained like Romans.
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521
4.05
9k+ ratings
🧠 Military Strategy⚔️ Ancient Warfare🎭 Psychological Warfare
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