The Hundred-year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America As the Global Superpower

from jlbrownn23

Michael Pillsbury presents a case for the Chinese plan to be the dominant world power by the middle of the 21st century. Although the book does provide an interesting perspective on Modern China and its politics, it seems to me to overstate the case. He presents the idea that China desires to be ...

from mfvetter

I reviewed a pre-publication copy of Michael Pillsbury's book, The Hundred Year Marathon, subtitled China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower. This book was an eye-opener for me in a number of ways. Let me begin by saying that I am a 'layman' interested in China who spen...

from jrgoetziii

I have no passion for modern China; only for Chinese-American women. That said, The Hundred-Year Marathon presents a compelling, but not conclusive, picture of a China whose policy is dictated by its hawks and whose intentions are ambiguous at best, threatening and hostile at worst. Michael Pills...

from TeaTimeCoder

I am impressed how paranoid the author is. It's exactly the kind of paranoia you want from an analyst. What I don't like is the hypocrisy of the west. We complain about China doing all kinds of terrible things and yet claim outrageously that somehow we're not guilty of the same exact thing. When ...

from chgstrom

Michael Pillsbury is a China expert, and has advised presidents for decades. He admits to being wrong about China - for many years, he felt they were making progress towards democracy and capitalism. Over the past few years, he has become increasingly skeptical and now believes the Chinese are on...