{"product_id":"superpower-interrupted-the-chinese-history-of-the-world-9781541788343","title":"Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding Chinas role in the world  especially the drive to \"Make China Great Again.\"  We in the West routinely ask: \"What does China want?\" The answer is quite simple: the superpower status it always had  but briefly lost.  In this colorful  informative story filled with fascinating characters  epic battles  influential thinkers  and decisive moments  we come to understand how the Chinese view their own history and how its narrative is distinctly different from that of Western civilization. More important  we come to see how this unique Chinese history of the world shapes Chinas economic policy  attitude toward the United States and the rest of the world  relations with its neighbors  positions on democracy and human rights  and notions of good government.  As the Chinese see it  for as far back as anyone can remember  China had the richest economy  the strongest military  and the most advanced philosophy  culture  and technology. The collision with the West knocked Chinas historical narrative off course for the first time  as its 5 000-year reign as an unrivaled superpower came to an ignominious end.  Ever since  the Chinese have licked their wounds and fixated on returning their country to its former greatness  restoring the Chinese version of its place in the world as they had always known it. For the Chinese  the question was never if they could reclaim their former dominant position in the world  but when.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647905685557,"sku":"ByrdShop_1541788346","price":37.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781541788343.jpg?v=1781699667","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/superpower-interrupted-the-chinese-history-of-the-world-9781541788343","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}