The hundred-year marathon
by Michael Pillsbury · first published 2015
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Why HN recommends it
Gives a view of Chinese strategic thinking and long-term goals toward the US, from a former national security adviser's perspective; an engaging, thought-provoking read for anyone interested in US-China relations.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
"For more than forty years, the United States has reached out to China, helping it develop a booming economy and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that there is little to fear--and everything to gain--from China's rise. But what if the Chinese have had a different plan all along? The Hundred-Year Marathon reveals China's secret strategy to supplant the United States as the world's dominant power, and to do so by 2049, the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. Michael Pillsbury, who has served in senior national security positions in the U.S. governm
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on “Academic Torrents – Making 27TB of research data available” ↗In that case I'd recommend The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower [0] by Hudson Institute's China expert. and Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America [1] These are rather hawkish…
on “China’s assault on Cathay Pacific” ↗Sure take a look at page 9 from this Senate testimony. https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/111417_Pillsbur... Michael Pillsbury also wrote a book where I learned about this. It’s called the hundred year marathon. I highly recommend it.
on “Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign” ↗The Hundred Year Marathon is probably the best of the bunch. https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Marathon-Strategy-Replac... Richard McGregor's work on the CCP is also very good and worth reading. Orville Schell's Wealth And…
on “China’s assault on Cathay Pacific” ↗To everyone who enjoyed this article I recommend reading Michael Pillsburys book "the hundred year marathon". Michael Pillsbury is one of America's leading experts on American-Chinese foreign policy. It was truly illuminating.
on “Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive had a counterintelligence motive” ↗Non fiction: The Hundred-Year Marathon, by Michael Pillsbury. A very nice review of China's foreign and domestic policy, written by a retired, senior national security advisor to various (USA) Presidents from Nixon on. He was the China expert,…
on “Ask HN: What is the best book you read in 2020?” ↗I highly recommend a book on the topic of China's point of view on the world and USA in particular: The Hundred Year Marathon, by Michael Pilsbury. It is a very exciting and thought provoking view of America, from China's perspective.
on “After 9/11, China grew to a superpower as a distracted U.S. fixated on terrorism” ↗Reading Michael Pillsbury will help you understand actions by the US admin against China. His book, the hundred year marathon, states the theory it subscribes to according to Bloomberg and Politico (I dont know how true the theory is and some China experts disagree with the book) "But what if the “China Dream” is to replace…
on “Huawei Reveals the Real Trade War with China” ↗…are ineffective and disproportionately punish your average Iranian citizen, while we ignore the elephant that is China, which is far more dangerous as an adversary [1] [2]. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Marathon-Strategy-Replac... [2] https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/09/04/w...
on “Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access” ↗