Frank Dikötter has made a career out of castigating the Chinese Communist Party and its leadership, starting from Mao Zedong. He remains unrelenting in his new book, "China After Mao," which covers the period of China's recovery and rise.
“[China] brought the backlash on themselves,” Susan Shirk writes in her new book, “and they have done it by overreaching.”
In "Innovate to Dominate," Tai Ming Cheung outlines how China evolved into an intense competitor in the fight for global supremacy — and perhaps why China’s techno-security state isn’t the enigma the U.S. has cracked it up to be.
"Surveillance State," a new book by Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Chin and Liza Lin, takes a close look at China’s surveillance network.
Aaron Friedberg's U.S.-centric approach to the question of strategic engagement with China wildly overestimates actual American influence in the region.
Review: "The World According To China" by Elizabeth Economy
Believe it or not, this is a book that goes beyond the exploits of a produce entrepreneur, offering an analysis of Chinese agriculture and rural working practices.
High politics, the importance of silver, artificial intelligence, rural children: just some of the China topics that made for fascinating reads in 2021.
Joanna Chiu's debut book examines China's rise in the context of the global village. What are the various tensions and conflicts arising from China's return to international preeminence?
A review of David Shambaugh's latest book, "China’s Leaders From Mao to Now."