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beware the dragon china a thousand years of bloodshed
as one of the worlds most populous countries china has always flexed its muscles beyond its borders the result being a thread of conflict woven into the fabric of the nations history . in the mid 13th century mongol hordes obliterated an army of europes finest knights and 700 years later china went to war with japan took on un forces in korea and squared up to the soviet union and america . over the centuries in between the chinese sought bloody conflict with muslims jews christians and buddhists and survived political conflicts that claimed tens of millions of lives . today china stands on the threshold of global economic domination with an economy estimated to become twice as wealthy as those of the us britain france germany and italy combined within a generation . this unique history traces chinas passage through 1 000 years of war colonial adventurism and internecine politics in an effort to understand what this huge and unstoppable country has become as well as what the future holds for a fragile world in which china is quickly becoming a dominant superpower .
hardcover andre deutsch 2009 isbn13 9780233002316 isbn10 0233002316
abridged n isbn 13 9780233002316 number in series 1 number of pages 352 publisher andre deutsch release date 62135769600000