Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
By: Susan L. Shirk
4.11
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
A sobering, penetrating, and illuminating examination of Chinese-US relations, what has contributed…
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4.30
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4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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4.29
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7. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
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4.04
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4.29
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4.40
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3.99
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12. The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
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3.85
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"У 1579-му міська рада Гданська наказала непомітно втопити винахідника нового верстата для плетіння тасьми, який загрожував традиційним виробникам цієї продукції."-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
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13. Overreach
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4.37
Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition
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14. Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China
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4.09
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4.19
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17. The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America
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18. Surveillance State: China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control
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4.16
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4.12
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20. Getting China Wrong
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21. The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner
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22. Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History
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23. The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between
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4.01
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24. Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
By: Susan L. Shirk
4.11
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
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26. U.S.-Taiwan Relations
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4.15
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27. China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord
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4.22
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28. The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
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4.22
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4.10
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30. At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
By: Edward Wong
4.28
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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