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ninabina's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting read. I would’ve liked more information about the complicity of US businesses and politicians, but I can understand that one book can’t be completely comprehensive and cover all perspectives.
Though I didn’t agree with everything that the author said, it’s important to note that this book is not racist. The author explicitly and clearly states that the problems are with the CCP and politicians not Chinese people or culture.
Though I didn’t agree with everything that the author said, it’s important to note that this book is not racist. The author explicitly and clearly states that the problems are with the CCP and politicians not Chinese people or culture.
benrogerswpg's review against another edition
5.0
I found this book a very fascinating, shocking, and eye opening political science read.
Extremely good book and well researched. Some really alarming bits.
Spalding knows his material. I especially enjoyed his "big picture" and future forecasting approach to what's happening in the world. Gave me an excellent idea of where things will be heading in the future.
Lots of the book outlined the Belt and Road Initiative and indicated different tactics both locally in China, but also in developed countries and developing countries and how it affects global capital.
He also offered some really great strategies and actions that Western leaders can start implementing and their impacts.
Highly recommended for those who do international business, or who are interested in global politics and policy.
4.9/5
Extremely good book and well researched. Some really alarming bits.
Spalding knows his material. I especially enjoyed his "big picture" and future forecasting approach to what's happening in the world. Gave me an excellent idea of where things will be heading in the future.
Lots of the book outlined the Belt and Road Initiative and indicated different tactics both locally in China, but also in developed countries and developing countries and how it affects global capital.
He also offered some really great strategies and actions that Western leaders can start implementing and their impacts.
Highly recommended for those who do international business, or who are interested in global politics and policy.
4.9/5
cyberdave's review against another edition
5.0
An excellent book to awaken you to China’s Communist party’s insidious initiatives!
azure_dawn's review against another edition
fast-paced
3.0
Nothing deep or profound, but an decent introduction in the whole China debacle. Throws a billion things at you, leaving you to dig at them yourself. Pretty cool. Solutions, offered by the author, are not the best though...
jpinney2's review against another edition
4.0
It’s a decent book, and does a good job at laying out the facts of the China-US great power rivalry. The US is stagnating and falling behind, hiding behind their giant standing army and military prowess that no one would be stupid enough to challenge outright, while China has found other avenues to attack. China is on its way to perfecting economic and asymmetric warfare and in all likelihood will supersede America without firing a single shot.
One thing I didn’t like was the authors frequent invocations of the “liberty and freedom and greatness” of America in contrast to the Chinese. Blind patriotism is not a compelling argument on why America will prevail and that’s why we’re in this situation. America is not exceptional, nor are we the “strongest” or “freest” country in the world by any margin other than maybe our industrial military might, which by the way, is waning due to the industrial complex’s pursuit of the almighty dollar.
America needs to eliminate lobbying and the influence of money in politics and focus on improving and enriching the lives of its citizens, not of its corporations, to even begin countering China.
But I don’t think that’s likely and in the next 50 years we’ll see a bipolar world with China on the winning side and USA and allies in decline.
One thing I didn’t like was the authors frequent invocations of the “liberty and freedom and greatness” of America in contrast to the Chinese. Blind patriotism is not a compelling argument on why America will prevail and that’s why we’re in this situation. America is not exceptional, nor are we the “strongest” or “freest” country in the world by any margin other than maybe our industrial military might, which by the way, is waning due to the industrial complex’s pursuit of the almighty dollar.
America needs to eliminate lobbying and the influence of money in politics and focus on improving and enriching the lives of its citizens, not of its corporations, to even begin countering China.
But I don’t think that’s likely and in the next 50 years we’ll see a bipolar world with China on the winning side and USA and allies in decline.
zfeig's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
2.5
This book provided a good background on poor behavior of the Chinese government in international markets. I enjoyed the author's perspective and found much of what he had to say informative.
However, the solutions that the author provides to the problem are dangerous if not likely to kick off a world war. I don't know what the right answers are, but I don't get the sense that this book provides it.
However, the solutions that the author provides to the problem are dangerous if not likely to kick off a world war. I don't know what the right answers are, but I don't get the sense that this book provides it.
kulwanotes's review against another edition
4.0
I rate it 4/5
Spalding experience in Security and military fields have made the book factual enough to made it's a great eye-opener.
From Historical standpoint, what China is doing now has been done with US for years. The Chinese strategies like loan shark, corporate espionage and mass surveillance which are portrayed by Spalding as predatory, they are also done by US. But the real concern of Spalding is that they fall at the hands of totalitarians-CCP, unlike American nonpartisan govt. As author does a good job by suggesting what America should do to stop, I expected [concerned with world democracy] to include advice to african countries, which are expected to face debt-trap, in projects like that of Sri-Lanka Port.
[From the book], the suprising truth is that, China is taking over with the help, greedy and myopic attitude of American Elite. In which i suggest a title of book should be 'Stealth War: How China Took Over With the Help and Greedy of American Elite'
The book is written simple language and its an easy read. Author has just included only important details and which has made a book not too lengthy unnecessarily.
Spalding experience in Security and military fields have made the book factual enough to made it's a great eye-opener.
From Historical standpoint, what China is doing now has been done with US for years. The Chinese strategies like loan shark, corporate espionage and mass surveillance which are portrayed by Spalding as predatory, they are also done by US. But the real concern of Spalding is that they fall at the hands of totalitarians-CCP, unlike American nonpartisan govt. As author does a good job by suggesting what America should do to stop, I expected [concerned with world democracy] to include advice to african countries, which are expected to face debt-trap, in projects like that of Sri-Lanka Port.
[From the book], the suprising truth is that, China is taking over with the help, greedy and myopic attitude of American Elite. In which i suggest a title of book should be 'Stealth War: How China Took Over With the Help and Greedy of American Elite'
The book is written simple language and its an easy read. Author has just included only important details and which has made a book not too lengthy unnecessarily.