Review of Graham Hutchings, China 1949: Year of Revolution, Bloomsbury Academic (Bloomsbury Publishing), January 28, 2021. $35 hardcover; $17.01 digital. In 1949, the Chinese civil war reached a tipping point. To nearly everyone’s surprise, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) rapidly defeated the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Communist Party came to power and the […]
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Now China asks: Who lost America?
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996, the global burnout formula
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China’s path not taken
![China's President Xi Jinping, second left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, making bliny [Russian pancakes] as they visit the Far East Street exhibition on the sidelines of the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office handout / Anadolu Agency](https://i1.wp.com/asiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Putin-pancakes.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
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