Dear all,
I am currently travelling in Mainland China. The consequence is that I’m behind the Great Firewall, and with a heavy schedule. Because I knew in advance it would be difficult to prepare this newsletter late Tuesday as usual, I wrote and scheduled it right before boarding my plane a few days ago.
Given those constraints, I thought I would keep it simple, offering you a list of thinkers that have helped me understand China since I really started studying it two years ago. Below is the list (in alphabetical order) and a highlight of each of the author’s most important recent work on China. (Also: I hope more women start writing on China 👩🎓. If you know of any I should be following, do let me know!)
1/ Graham T. Allison, Destined for War: Can America and China avoid the Thucydides trap? (2017)
A significant amount of China-related work focuses on the relationship between China and the US. Those who know history recognize that the two countries once overcame their ideological diff…