, giving readers a page-turning world tour of the burgeoning Chinese empire, a guide for understanding China’s motives and …-day emperor, determined to restore China’s past greatness. Many experts assume that Xi's nakedly neo-imperial scheme couldn …'t possibly work. Freymann shows how wrong they are. China isn't preying on victims, Freymann argues. It's attracting willing …

the experiment, 1981-83 -- Coastal expansion, 1983-88 -- Initiating China's third way. …"From 1949 to 1978, communist elites held clashing visions of China's economic development. Mao Zedong advocated the … history after June 4, 1989, Reardon argues that Zhao was the true architect of China's opening strategy. A Third Way provides …