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2) On China
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2011.
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English
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"In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to a country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences...
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Tommy Carmellini novels volume 6
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English
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"The Chinese dragon is flexing its muscles. As its military begins to prey on neighbors in the South China Sea, attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources, the US goes on high alert. But a far more ominous danger lurks closer to home: a Chinese sleeper cell has planted a nuclear weapon in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, the biggest naval base on the planet. The target: a secret rendezvous of the Atlantic Fleet aircraft carriers...
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2024.
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English
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"As tensions over Taiwan escalate, the United States and China stand on the brink of a catastrophic war. Resolving the impasse demands we understand how it began. In 1943, America declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would return to China at the conclusion of World War II. The Chinese civil war led to a change of plans. The Communist Party came to power in China and the defeated Nationalist leader, Chiang Kai-shek, fled to Taiwan, where he was afforded...
8) Tiger's claw
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After he and his team refurbish America's aging weapon systems, Patrick McLanahan heads to Guam to oversee strategy, which causes the Chinese to take the offensive, launching a preemptive strike on a small American fleet that ignites a battle for the Pacific.
9) Xu Zhuoyun shi ri tan: dang jin shi jie de ge ju yu ren lei wei lai = Cho-Yun Hsu's new decameron
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
中文(繁體)
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"Xǔ Zhuōyún xiān shēng yōu sī yú dāng jīn shì jiè de yì qíng, yǐ jí wēn yì màn yán xià hǔn luàn de shì dào ren xīn. Xiān shēng zài zhè běn shū zhōng wéi rào shí dài tè sè, sī xiǎng yǔ wén huà biàn qiān, duō yuán wén huà de róng hé, kē jì zhì néng de jìn bù zhuǎn biàn, zhōng wài wén míng de bǐ jiào hù dòng děng yī xì liè zhǔ tí zhǎn kāi, xuǎn zé gè ge shí dài zài zhèng...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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中文(繁體)
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The world today is in a period of major development, major changes and major adjustments. The imbalance in development among countries, especially major countries, has led to significant changes in the balance of power and strategic relations. In addition to various "black swan" events, the international situation is becoming increasingly complex. This book discusses important issues such as the current overall international situation, China's domestic...
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English
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A history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent.
"In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engrossing work yet. Beginning in the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans who made their fortunes in the China opium trade. As they---good Christians all---profitably addicted millions, American missionaries...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"For more than forty years, the United States has reached out to China, helping it develop a booming economy and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that there is little to fear--and everything to gain--from China's rise. But what if the Chinese have had a different plan all along? The Hundred-Year Marathon reveals China's secret strategy to supplant the United States as the world's dominant power, and to do so by 2049, the one hundredth...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"A nuanced history of the doomed diplomatic mission that turned the tides of the Chinese Civil War. Following the phenomenal success of General George C. Marshall's leadership of the American army during World War II, he was the standout candidate for a vital international mission: brokering a coalition government between China's warring Nationalists and Communists. Marshall went overseas as a U.S. "special representative" and began enacting miraculous...
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"A fast-paced account of America's plunge into simultaneous Cold Wars against two very different adversaries-Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia-based on deep reporting from inside the White House, U.S. intelligence agencies, technology firms, and foreign governments"-- Provided by publisher.
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"The explosive contents of Hunter Biden's laptop were the "October Surprise" of the 2020 presidential election, and the New York Post had the scoop. Here was the first evidence of Joe Biden's involvement in his family's lucrative foreign influence-peddling operation, and it threatened to upend his campaign. Donald Trump called it "The Laptop from Hell" and made it the star of his campaign rallies. But a coordinated censorship operation effectively...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Examines the first episode in which American power and good intentions came face-to-face with a powerful Asian revolutionary movement, and challenges familiar assumptions about the origins of modern Sino-American relations. As 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial terms with China's Communist rebels--their soldiers treated their American counterparts as heroes, rescuing airmen shot down over enemy territory. Chinese leaders talked of...
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Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 22
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"As fears of a dangerous nuclear confrontation between China and the US escalate, China targets individual members of the Black Wasp team ... After successfully extricating one of Beijing's top scientists from captivity and escorting him to America, the Black Wasp commandos find themselves targeted by Chinese assassins. The killers are not only highly trained but invisible, launching tactical strikes from multiple embassies in Washington, D.C. The...
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