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that book about china

It is true that I originally wanted to title my book, “The China Game.” It was the name of my blog, and there was an important idea in there — that so much of what goes on in China is a head game. After working in China for a number of years, my worldview had changed, and I saw in everything from business to politics nothing but gamesmanship.

China Daily has recently picked up the “game” idea, but for propaganda meant to broaden how China interprets naval rights at borders. From an article titled, “Encounters at Sea Set for ‘Game Rules:’”

“New game rules must be written, and this is the key mission at the moment,” he said. Sino-US sea disputes intensified under the current rules because of differing interpretations on the “freedoms of navigation and overflight in an exclusive economic zone (EEZ)”, which was set by UN conventions.

This is not quite good-bye to The China Game, by the way, but it’s coming. While I broadcast at this site — PM.com — the RSS feed has been available at TCG.com for some time, as well. Not for much longer, though. I’ve kept TCG’s RSS feed going only for the sake of those who couldn’t be bothered with setting up the new feed. After a while, the original location will disappear. Sad to see such a robust domain name head to the dustbin? Not really. Like so much that comes out of China, it wasn’t really built to last.

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