Audiobook: “The Hundred Year Marathon” by Michael Pillsbury
Posted By RichC on February 7, 2024
Started a “new to me” audiobook by Michael Pillsbury titled “The Hundred Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy To Replace America As The Global Superpower.” 
His experience and expertise on China is pretty much unmatched so what he shares offers an intense look at understanding the Chinese longterm philosophy and strategy. The possibility … or perhaps reality … that the Chinese Communist Party running China is playing the long game compared to the west’s laissez faire economic system and politicians who wear blinders is eyeopening (pun) and reminds me of Eran Nitzans’ book from a few months ago.
Currently about halfway through, but I’m learning a lot.
One of the U.S. government’s leading China experts reveals the hidden strategy fueling that country’s rise – and how Americans have been seduced into helping China overtake us as the world’s leading superpower.
For more than forty years, the United States has played an indispensable role helping the Chinese government build a booming economy, develop its scientific and military capabilities, and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that China’s rise will bring us cooperation, diplomacy, and free trade. But what if the “China Dream” is to replace us, just as America replaced the British Empire, without firing a shot?
