Zhou Bo On Whether We Should Fear China

Zhou Bo is a retired former senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army who now holds a post as a senior fellow in the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University. A regular speaker at international defense policy events such as the annual Munich Security Conference and the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, he is also a prolific writer. His new book, Should the World Fear China, is a collection of articles he has written for outlets including Foreign Affairs, South China M

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