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Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College London and Associate on the Asia Programme at Chatham House. Prior to this he was Professor of Chinese Politics and Director of the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. With 25 years’ experience of China, he has worked in education, business and government, including a term as First Secretary at the British Embassy in Beijing. He has written on China for the London Review of Books, the Diplomat and Foreign Policy as well as for many international and Chinese media outlets. He is the bestselling author of CEO, China (I.B.Tauris, 2016) and The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China (I.B.Tauris, 2014). His other books include Contemporary China (2012), Friends and Enemies: The Past, Present and Future of the Communist Party of China (2009) and Struggling Giant: China in the 21st Century (2007).

‘Kerry Brown is one of our most perceptive and accurate foreign observers of China’

John Simpson, BBC

‘China now matters globally, and its inner workings need to be interpreted. This book, from one of the most experienced China-watchers in the field, throws a huge amount of light on Chinese decision-making, especially on foreign policy. Read it, for a picture of what China means to the world and the world means to China.’

Sir Jeremy Greenstock,
former British ambassador to the UN

‘An admirably engaging and thoughtful account… Refreshingly candid, the book exposes the fiction of a singular Chinese worldview, and forces us to contemplate both the myths and realities behind the narrative of China’s global power. It is essential reading for all those concerned with China and international relations today.’

Katherine Morton,
Professor of International Relations, Sheffield University

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