zwembadman's review
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Good overview by a knowledgeable author. I cannot shed the feeling though, that Tom Miller is biased towards the Western point of view when it comes to China's place in the world.
jameseckman's review
3.0
A popular work that covers current economic and military aspects of Chinese foreign relations. I did find his countless touting of China as a 2,000+ year old nation a bit bizarre since during much of that period it was not unified or ruled by foreigners and the borders were quite fluid. As for not being traditionally aggressive, one can ask Tibet, Korea, Japan and other foreign countries attacked by China. This and other similar bits makes the book seem less than rigorous to me, a nice introduction to be taken with a grain of salt.
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