Advantage China: Agent of Change in an Era of Global Disruption

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The influence of the Peoples Republic of China on world affairs is increasingly keenly felt: in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America and in Europe and North America too. But what are the reasons for Chinas rise and how can the West adapt Advantage China explores these essential questions and the political, economic and cultural factors behind the answers. From the economic and demographic pressures of Chinas domestic economy to the expanding economic influence of the Belt and Road Initiative, Jeremy Garlick looks beyond Western misperceptions of Chinas rise to argue for new approaches to the international political order, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A clearly and concisely written analysis which shows that while China might not be the hero of the developing world it presents in its own government rhetoric, nor is it the villain so frequently presented in external criticisms of its emerging international role. Garlick assembles evidence which, with impressive rationality, he interprets and constructs a nuanced argument from. An important primer for one of the major geopolitical changes of modern times. * Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute, Kings College, London, UK *
Based on considerable mastery of the subject matter and years of experience and intellectual reflection, Jeremy Garlick has produced a compelling study of modern China. In this razor sharp and analytically rich new study, Jeremy alerts the West (defined as US and Europe in the volume) to the profound changes China has been, and is, going through and explains how and why Chinas advances will affect, change and shape the West and the international order the West created following the Second World War. * Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University, UK *
Jeremy Garlick has produced a fascinating and rigorous study that offers a much-needed holistic perspective of Chinas rise as a global power in international development. The books approach, argument and intellectual breadth is refreshing and will inform both academic debates and the public perception on Chinas role in the Global South and beyond. * Konstantinos Tsimonis, Lau China Institute, King's College London, UK *

Author Bio

Jeremy Garlick, PhD, is an assistant professor at the University of Economics Prague. He specialises in Chinas international relations, focusing primarily on the progress and regional implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) but also on Chinas relations with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), South Asia and the Middle East. He is the author of The Impact of Chinas Belt and Road Initiative: From Asia to Europe (2020).