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Tag Archives: china
Key Summary from Books: Red Roulette
RED ROULETTE: AN INSIDER’S STORY OF WEALTH, POWER, CORRUPTION, AND VENGEANCE IN TODAY’S CHINA by Desmond Shum Growing up hungry and alone in Shanghai instilled in my dad a fear of forming deep connections with those around him. He hated … Continue reading
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Key Points: Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge To American Primacy
The intensifying rivalry between U.S. and China since Donald Trump presidency has brought into the headline many ideological conflicts between Western and Chinese version of capitalism and ideal society. In this book, Kishore Mahbubani laid out thinking process of leaders … Continue reading
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Recently, in an effort to better understand the Chinese culture and history, I decided to read a well-acclaimed book on Chinese history between the 1960s until early 1990s that centered on the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, arguably one of the … Continue reading
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Key Points from The Cost of Free Money
Another well-written and provocative economic book I read last month was written by Paola Subacchi, Professor of International Economics at Queen Mary University of London and thought leader in global capital flow. In her book published last year, she argued … Continue reading
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Tagged books, china, cost of free money, global order, key points, multilateralism, paola subacchi, politics, recommendation, summary
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