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How China Turns Trade Into Power

Six books on how China converts trade ties, infrastructure, technology, and energy routes into durable strategic leverage from Central Asia outward.

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6 booksMay 11, 2026
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In What Ways Has U.S. Trade with China Changed?libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.orgHow the Iran War Is Shifting Power Toward Chinanewyorker.comReordering Central Asia: China’s Emerging Economic Hierarchyfpri.org

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  1. China Goes Global

    1. China Goes Global

    David Shambaugh
    David Shambaugh provides a comprehensive account of China’s global expansion and the institutions behind its...
    Shelf signal: Politics & Government
  2. China's Weaponization of Trade

    2. China's Weaponization of Trade

    Victor Cha, Ellen Kim
    Victor Cha and Ellen Kim analyze how trade and economic interdependence have been weaponized as instruments of Chinese...
    Shelf signal: Trade & Tariffs
  3. China's Second Continent

    3. China's Second Continent

    Howard W. French
    Howard French documents China’s overseas economic footprint in Africa, offering case studies of how Chinese capital and...
    Shelf signal: West African History
  4. Stealth War

    4. Stealth War

    Robert Spalding, Ray Porter
    Robert Spalding’s account of infiltration and influence addresses institutional vulnerabilities in Western systems that...
    Shelf signal: World Politics
  5. Chokepoints

    5. Chokepoints

    Edward Fishman
    Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints explains how energy and maritime chokepoints create leverage in global politics, linking...
    Shelf signal: International Relations
  6. The New China Playbook

    6. The New China Playbook

    Keyu Jin
    Keyu Jin offers an economic primer on China’s development path and policy tools, clarifying domestic drivers behind...
    Shelf signal: International Economics
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