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Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise

Susan L. Shirk

In Overreach, Susan L. Shirk combines decades of research, analysis, and first-hand anecdotes to illuminate China's evolving role on the world's stage and the deterioration of relations with the United States. Shirk opens the "black box" of China's political system, revealing what lies behind China's aim to expand soft and hard power abroad, and how the United States might respond.

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · medium confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryBlack History & CultureAsia & the PacificRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Lionel Gelber Prize: International AffairsMajor2023WinnerSecondary source
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