Karl Gerth, “China: Up Close and Personal” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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Are We Too Locked in This Simple Idea of China vs the World?
This is so, i think, somewhat alined with the next topic i wanted to discuss. This notion of china versus the world in terms of economic competition. There is this sense of pride that the chinese would have in developing their own brands. I mean, it is not a zerosime game, obviously, economically. Rich and powerful america is a wonderful thing for chinese exporterss. And many, many more things besides. Is there really something to that that somehow should be, should be looked at differently?
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