The Hundred-Year Marathon

Posted on 11 May 2017 by Michael Pillsbury

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 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 Based on interviews with Chinese defectors and newly declassified, previously undisclosed national security documents, The Hundred Year Marathon reveals China s secret strategy to supplant the United States as the world s dominant power, and to do so by 2049, the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the People s Republic Michael Pillsbury, a fluent Mandarin speaker who has served in senior national security positions in the U.S government since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, draws on his decades of contact with the hawks in China s military and intelligence agencies and translates their documents, speeches, and books to show how the teachings of traditional Chinese statecraft underpin their actions He offers an inside look at how the Chinese really view America and its leaders as barbarians who will be the architects of their own demise.Pillsbury also explains how the U.S government has helped sometimes unwittingly and sometimes deliberately to make this China Dream come true, and he calls for the United States to implement a new, competitive strategy toward China as it really is, and not as we might wish it to be The Hundred Year Marathon is a wake up call as we face the greatest national security challenge of the twenty first century. New Read [ The Hundred-Year Marathon ] author [ Michael Pillsbury ] – kino-fada.fr The Hundred Year Marathon China s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower by Michael Pillsbury is a re examination of the US Chinese relationship over the four decades Pillsbury earned his BA from Stanford and his PhD from Columbia University He has been an influence on US policy for several presidential administrations The enemy of my enemy is my friend is a very old maxim and is generally thought to be...Tao Xie Professor, at Beijing Foreign Studies University, on the book a total conspiracy theory Beijing paper cover Outsider strikes back We re in year 65 Thence 35years to go 2049 ends marathon.With Abe s rush visit to the USA next week, many wonder about Asia how will Trump handle the pivot Some speak of unpredictability , some of isolationism others about the deal maker or even the outsourcing True, many unknowns The Dragon is watching, in the meantime.The Pi Tao Xie Professor, at Beijing Foreign Studies University, on the book a total conspiracy theory Beijing paper cover Outsider strikes back We re in year 65 Thence 35years to go 2049 ends marathon.With Abe s rush visit to the USA next week, many wonder about Asia how will Trump handle the pivot Some speak of unpredictability , some of isolationism others about the deal maker or even the outsourcing True, many unknowns The Dragon is watching, in the meantime.The Pivot Gets Trumped The Asia Pacific Under President Trumphttp thediplomat.com 2016 11 the piThe Hundred Year Marathon China s Se...This review is long because the book deserves it Most of the review will involve disagreement, because agreement is easy to express, while disagreement requires elaboration But as a whole, this book is interesting and I recommend it without reservation.Having heard much about this book, I was compelled to read it in one sitting The obvious strengths of this book are the expertise and credibility of the author, and the truly original material brought to light within the book, some of it declas This review is long because the book deserves it Most of the review will involve disagreement, because agreement is easy to express, while disagreement requires elaboration But as a whole, this book is interesting and I recommend it without reservation.Having heard much about this book, I was compelled to read it in one sitting The obvious strengths of this book are the expertise and credibility of the author, and the truly original material brought to light within the book, some of it declassified specifically for the publication of this book The author has had a front row seat to Sino American diplomacy for forty years, and the stories are exhilarating, as if lifted from a...2015 30 336 2015 30 336 1 2 3 4 I reviewed a pre publication copy of Michael Pillsbury s book, The Hundred Year Marathon, subtitled China s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower This book was an eye opener for me in a number of ways Let me begin by saying that I am a layman interested in China who spent 30 years directly or indirectly working for the technical and analytic sides of the intelligence community none of them involving China.He distances himself for so called China experts who do not have I reviewed a pre publication copy of Michael Pillsbury s book, The Hundred Year Marathon, subtitled China s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower This book was an eye opener for me in a number of ways Let me begin by saying that I am a layman interested in China who spent 30 years directly or indirectly working for the technical and analytic sides of the intelligence community none of them involving China.He distances himself for so called China experts who do not have a fluent grasp of spoken and written Mandarin or the history of ancient China He has a practical background in the language, literature, and history of China My conclusion is that Michael Pillsbury knows his stuff when it comes to his area of expertise.I found Dr Pillsbury s explanation of the Warring Period of China s history to explain a lot, which c...The book s main flaw is that it is essentially a case of the pot calling the kettle black It is a paranoid analysis of the current Sino American situation or shi by a China dove turned hawk, who is now alarmed the US is losing its grip on overwhelming geopolitical power A person who once acted as a spy complaining about subterfuge and deception is rather self serving But the theme of good vs evil allows the good side to be excused for doing the same thing because its i...Not finished yet but it won t let me writethan 420 characters in the update box I m confused The author tries to make the case that China has been duping us all by pretending to not be interested in global hegemony, while in reality it is and it s always been My question is so what It s not like this is a terrible secret that changes everything In fact, given the direction and the unstoppable force of the Chinese economy, China s upcoming economic hegemony is out there, for all to s Not finished yet but it won t let me writethan 420 characters in the update box I m confused The author tries to make t...Pillsbury, Michael, The Hundred Year Marathon China s Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower New York Henry Holt Company, 2015 De titel van dit boek laat aan duidelijkheid weinig te wensen over de leiders van het communistische China, van Mao Zedong tot en met Xi Jinping, worden volgens Michael Pillsbury gedreven door de ambitie binnen honderd jaar na de communistische machtsovername in China in 1949 de plaats van de Verenigde Staten te hebben ingenomen als hegemoniale Pillsbury, Michael, The Hundred Year Marathon China s Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower New York Henry Holt Company, 2015 De titel van dit boek laat aan duidelijkheid weinig te wensen over de leiders van het communistische China, van Mao Zedong tot en met Xi Jinping, worden volgens Michael Pillsbury gedreven door de ambitie binnen honderd jaar na de communistische machtsovername in China in 1949 de plaats van de Verenigde Staten te hebben ingenomen als hegemoniale macht in de wereld Anders dan vaak wordt verondersteld, trekken de haviken in Beijing volg...The Hundred Year Marathon is an earth shattering account of how a whole generation of US government officials and China experts have gotten China completely wrong, and how US China policy is grounded in naivety and wishful thinking Among the main misconceptions Pillsbury highlights in his book are China s Hawks are farnumerous and influential than were previously thought, and even mainstream politicians are not as moderate as they appear The US fundamentally does not grasp Chinese strate The Hundred Year Marathon is an earth shattering account of how a whole generation of US government officials and China experts have gotten China completely wrong, and how US China policy is grounded in naivety and wishful thinking Among the main misconceptions Pillsbury highlights in his book are China s Hawks are farnumerous and influential than were previously thought, and even mainstream politicians are not as moderate as they appear The US fundamentally does not grasp Chinese strategic thinking China s strategy is extremely patient, very far sighted, and relies on exploiting externalities and weaknesses, and most of all, relies upon deception The Sino Soviet Split was never fully understood, and warnings from the S...What a great, down to earth uncovering of China s strategy to become a Global Superpower I hesitated to read this book, but when I read the KIRKUS review below, I could not resist the temptation A presentation of China s hidden agenda grounded in the author s longtime work at the U.S Defense Department.Since his recruitment into lofty intelligence circles as a young China expert in 1969, Council on Foreign Relations member Pillsbury China Debates the Future Security Environment, 2004, etc What a great, down to earth uncovering of China s strategy to become a Global Superpower I hesitated to read this book, but when I read the KIRKUS review below, I could not resist the temptation A presentation of China s hidden agenda grounded in the author s longtime work at the U.S Defense Department.Since his recruitment into lofty intelligence circles as a young China expert in 1969, Council on Foreign Relations member Pillsbury China Debates the Future Security Environment, 2004, etc has been privy to the debriefings of various Soviet spies and Chinese dissidents who have clearly warned of China s aim to surpass America as world leader in time for the 100 year anniversary of the founding of the Communist People s Republic 2049 Yet ...

11 May 2017

Michael Pillsbury