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The Long Game by Rush Doshi

The Long Game

By Rush Doshi

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About The Long Game

Rush Doshi draws on Chinese documents to develop an account of China's long-term grand strategy. He examines efforts to reduce American influence and build alternatives, offering a framework for interpreting shifts in Chinese policy and international ambition.

Why I include it

Put The Long Game beside The Hundred-Year Marathon and compare the evidence. Different arguments about long-term strategy are most useful when neither is allowed to stand unchallenged.

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China Ascendant

Uses Chinese documents to develop an argument about long-term strategy; useful for comparison with The Hundred-Year Marathon.

What to look for while reading

Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

Perspective & context

I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

  • China Ascendant

Praise & Reviews

“the most important book on China in years”
— John Pomfret, The Washington Post

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