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Table of Contents



Preface, 10


A NEW WORLD RISE ON THE EAST

THE FALL OF THE WEST
Beyond the Short Century, 17 – Multipolar World, 19 -
New Vision from the East, 22                                                                 

THE ASIAN CENTURY
New Kings Where the Sun Rise, 27 – The Indian Juggernaut, 30 – 
Conseguences of the Multipolar Era, 38 – How Much Multipolar?, 47 – 
The Rise Of the Dragon, 55                  
         

THE CHINESE PATH

THE DRAGON IN THE HISTORY
Record China, 67 – Meeting China, 69 -
Enslaving China, 73 – Setting Free the Dragon, 77


MAO’S REVOLUTIONARY CHINA

PRELUDE TO COMMUNISM
The Death of Confucius, 83 – Looking for Marxism,
87 – The One who Hold the Sky, 88

HAMMER AND SICKLE ON CHINA
People’s Republic, 92 – The Comrade, 98 – The Leap  
Forward and the Giant Grave, 103                                                               

RED UTOPIA
Mao’s Shadow, 111 – The Red Gospel and the Proselytes of 
the Revolution , 114 – Final Act, 122 - September 9th 1976:
the Last Day of the Revolution, 126


DENG’S PRAGMATIC CHINA

THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE DRAGON
The Heir, 131 - Forgetting Mao, 133 - Beyond Communism, 140

DEMOCRATIC SAGA
Firsts pro-democracy movements, 155 – The Funeral of the 
Reformist, 159 – Thirty Days of Democracy, 163 - The Beijing’s Massacre, 
172 – Consequences of the Massacre, 175

WAKING UP THE DRAGON
Deng Goes South, 178 – The Last  Emperor, 183 - 
Powering the Dragon, 185


ALPHA AND OMEGA OF THE DRAGON

THE RECORD NATION
China Alpha, 192 - China Omega, 198 –  
What You Leave Behind, 204

GENERATIONS
The Jiang Dynasty, 210 - Remembering Deng, 214 -  
The Qigong Wake Up, 220 - Falun Gong, 223 - 
Without Creed, 229 - The Hu Dynasty, 230 – SARS, 243 -
Dragon Wings in the New Millennium, 236

INSIDE THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
Sixty Years After: History of a People’s Republic, 243 -
To Be or Not To Be Dragon, 248 – China on a Train, 251  

             
THE ARMY OF CONFUCIUS

CONFUCIUS IN THE WORLD
China in the World, 256 – China in Asia, 260 -  
Global Influence, 266
 
THE EAGLE AND THE DRAGON
The Defector’s Prophecy, 267 - Once Upon a Time There
Was “Red China”, 271 – Accountable Power, 272 -   
Unpredictable Power, 279

THE GIANT’S HISTORY
The Taiwan Strait Crisis, 280 – The Belgrade Crisis, 285 -    
Learning How to Coexist, 289 – Building Chimerica?, 293


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