On China by Henry Kissinger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Kissinger artfully and deftly takes us from ancient China to that of today in a way that is enlightening and engaging. It is a timely read to understand this slowly emerging global power that plans for the millienia, not the news cycle and that envelopes while refusing encirclement as opposed to charging and re-forming.
Wilie it has been covered elsewhere, the secret meetings with China during the Vietnam War and the candid observations on aging China leaders like Mao and others make for interesting reading.
It is also reaussring, when so many seem to only see the China-U.S. interaction as one that must lead to international armed conflict that Kissinger assess the future of China as largely focuses on internal development and raising the standard of living of so many millions in poverty. Of course, to do that China is locking up resources in East Africa, Central Asia and even sometimes in the Western Hemisphere...
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