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Blinkers Off: How Will the World Counter China?
Author: Gaurie Dwivedi
Publisher: Pentagon Press
Pages: 277
Price: Rs 795
Over the past few decades, as China rose to become the world’s second-largest economy, Beijing quietly strengthened its position in the international system based on its economic heft. The often-quoted dictum by Deng Xiaoping “hide your strength and bide your time” is one of the most appropriate descriptions of China’s journey so far. Now that Beijing is done “biding its time” and aspires to be the next superpower, concerns over its authoritarian tendencies are dominating the global discourse. After the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world, Beijing’s
