Beijing Rules : China's Quest for Global Influence by Bethany Allen literary flavour-packed recipes that'll make you

flavour-packed recipes that'll make you want to lick each page

men whose worldviews put them in absolute opposition

we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck

William Golding

as the legions pushed onwards across what is now England

Beijing Rules : China's Quest for Global Influence by Bethany Allen literary flavour-packed recipes that'll make youLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD'Excellent . . . reveals an insidious matrix of spying, deception, censorship and repression . . . compelling' Daily Telegraph'A timely read . . . Chilling . . . Startling . . . A powerful case for more coordinated western intervention' Guardian'Brilliant' Irish Sunday IndependentThe remarkable story of China's two decade quest for global dominance. For several decades