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Fascinating . . . Stimulating, erudite, and deeply researched, perfectly timed to explain the unfolding conflicts in East Asia. -- Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books Forward-looking . . . enjoy and learn from this engagingly written tour d'horizon of important issues . . . Dyer opens with a clear statement of his thesis, a straightforward one with good prospects for having a long shelf life. China's rise will continue. . . Eminently sensible . . . A fluent writer who knows how to make the most of lively set pieces. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom, The Financial Times Stellar . . . Mr. Dyer is optimistic that the U.S. will win : that is, retain its role at the center of international affairs. But he doesn't subscribe to unwarranted zero-sum logic. --Ali Wyne, The Wall Street Journal Assessing China's growing rivalry with the U. S., the author, a former Beijing bureau chief for the Finanical Times, does not subscribe to the idea of a linear transfer of power from the U. S. to China . . . he thinks that the contest with China will come to define U. S. foreign policy, and that America's interests are best served by fiscal and military restraint. -- The New Yorker Well researched, with detailed information, interviews and evidence . . . Those who want a comprehensive treatment of an important issue that will shape much of our world for the next 20 years should read this book. --Mark O'Neill, South China Morning Post Original ideas and illuminating insights . . . a simple but persuasive explanation for why a geopolitical contest between the United States and China will dominate the new century . . . a very timely book that has a clear and sophisticated argument. For the cottage industry of books on contemporary Chinese foreign relations, The Contest of the Century has definitely set a new and more demanding standard. --Minxin Pei, San Francisco Gate [I]lluminating . . . Dyer'sm

Fascinating . . . Stimulating, erudite, and deeply researched, perfectly timed to explain the unfolding conflicts in East Asia. -- Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books Forward-looking . . . enjoy and learn from this engagingly written tour d'horizon of important issues . . . Dyer opens with a clear statement of his thesis, a straightforward one with good prospects for having a long shelf life. China's rise will continue. . . Eminently sensible . . . A fluent writer who knows how to make the most of lively set pieces. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom, The Financial Times Stellar . . . Mr. Dyer is optimistic that the U.S. will win : that is, retain its role at the center of international affairs. But he doesn't subscribe to unwarranted zero-sum logic. --Ali Wyne, The Wall Street Journal Assessing China's growing rivalry with the U. S., the author, a former Beijing bureau chief for the Finanical Times, does not subscribe to the idea of a linear transfer of power from the U. S. to China . . . he thinks that the contest with China will come to define U. S. foreign policy, and that America's interests are best served by fiscal and military restraint. -- The New Yorker Well researched, with detailed information, interviews and evidence . . . Those who want a comprehensive treatment of an important issue that will shape much of our world for the next 20 years should read this book. --Mark O'Neill, South China Morning Post Original ideas and illuminating insights . . . a simple but persuasive explanation for why a geopolitical contest between the United States and China will dominate the new century . . . a very timely book that has a clear and sophisticated argument. For the cottage industry of books on contemporary Chinese foreign relations, The Contest of the Century has definitely set a new and more demanding standard. --Minxin Pei, San Francisco Gate [I]lluminating . . . Dyer'sf

Fascinating . . . Stimulating, erudite, and deeply researched, perfectly timed to explain the unfolding conflicts in East Asia. -- Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books Forward-looking . . . enjoy and learn from this engagingly written tour d'horizon of important issues . . . Dyer opens with a clear statement of his thesis, a straightforward one with good prospects for having a long shelf life. China's rise will continue. . . Eminently sensible . . . A fluent writer who knows how to make the most of lively set pieces. -- Jeffrey Wasserstrom, The Financial Times Stellar . . . Mr. Dyer is optimistic that the U.S. will win : that is, retain its role at the center of international affairs. But he doesn't subscribe to unwarranted zero-sum logic. --Ali Wyne, The Wall Street Journal Assessing China's growing rivalry with the U. S., the author, a former Beijing bureau chief for the Finanical Times, does not subscribe to the idea of a linear transfer of power from the U. S. to China . . . he thinks that the contest with China will come to define U. S. foreign policy, and that America's interests are best served by fiscal and military restraint. -- The New Yorker [L]ucid, well-argued...With telling anecdotes and reported conversations, [Dyer] shows how China's foreign policy has misfired in east Asia, 'doing a lot of America's diplomatic work for it' by frightening its neighbours. And he traces the limits of China's expansion into the Indian Ocean and its vulnerabilities given its dependency on imports of raw materials. But his is far from an America-triumphant story. China is not going to go away as a major global player, and Dyer concludes that, over time, it and the US will have to find a way to live together, particularly in the ocean between them. -- The Guardian (UK) [P]rovide[s] a corrective to the lately fashionable gloom-and-doom analysis...Even now, there is reluctance to identifyi

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Geoff Dyer is a journalist for the Financial Times and has been a correspondent in China, the U.S., and Brazil. He is the recipient of a Fulbright award and of several journalism awards, including a Society of Publishers in Asia Award for a series of opinion pieces about China’s role in the world in 2010. He studied at Cambridge and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.

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