{"product_id":"chinas-asian-dream-tom-miller-9781786997418","title":"China's Asian Dream: Empire Building Along the New Silk Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e'China', Napoleon once remarked, 'is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.' In 2014, President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared that the lion had awoken. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom holding its ground in trade wars with the US, to presenting itself as a world leader in the fight against climate change, a newly confident China is flexing its economic muscles for strategic ends. With the Belt and Road initiative, billed as a new Silk Road for the 21st Century, China is set to extend its influence throughout Eurasia and across the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. But with the Chinese and US militaries also vying over the Pacific, does this newfound confidence put China on a collision course with the US? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining a geopolitical overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eChina's Asian Dream \u003c\/i\u003eengages with the most recent developments in the ongoing story of China's ascendency, and offers new insights into what the rise of China means not only for Asia, but for the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178699741X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786997418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zed Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Tom Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049336172799,"sku":"9781786997418","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_259b312d-d0ab-41ea-9425-3c431e914ea2.jpg?v=1685000997","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinas-asian-dream-tom-miller-9781786997418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}