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Beijing Rules
- China's Quest for Global Influence
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Summary
A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Excellent . . . reveals an insidious matrix of spying, deception, censorship and repression . . . compelling' Daily Telegraph
'A timely read . . . Chilling . . . Startling . . . A powerful case for more coordinated western intervention' Guardian
'Brilliant' Irish Sunday Independent
The remarkable story of China's two-decade quest for global dominance.
For several decades China's ascendancy has been supported by an astonishingly broad and deep portfolio of quiet coercion. Stories of the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian reach are breathtaking - the gagging of sports stars and huge Western brands; Hollywood self-censorship; infrastructure deals in exchange for political loyalty in multilateral organizations; and of course - communications firms. But these are just the most visible examples.
Beijing Rules exposes the armoury of strategies with which China has exploited Western weakness to position itself as leader in the game of nations: tying market access to political acquiescence; punitive tariffs; online disinformation operations; use of private companies to spy on global users; leveraging vaccines for geopolitical gain; and the crushing of democracy in Hong Kong. With these weapons and dextrous manoeuvrings during the global pandemic, China positioned itself to take its place at the apex of world powers.
Bethany Allen, an internationally recognized investigator into China's covert power, shows Western institutions have bowed to and even enabled Beijing's coercion. As we come reeling out of a global pandemic and eyes are on a new war in Europe, this revealing analysis sounds the alarm about the most significant shift in the new world order, and what we must do to prevent the loss of freedoms we take for granted.
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- Andriy Supranonok
- 02-06-24
Existential Danger
By listening or reading this excellent factual based book, I dearly hope many will begin to realize what kind of danger communist China presents to the entire world and western way of life. Together with their satellites: Russia, Iran, North Korea and many other neo fascist regimes (who wouldn't last a month without communist China) they embarked on the long planned war against democracies. People in the west should never treat China as a normal country while communists are still in power there. This book is a great prove of that.
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