{"product_id":"9780374533526","title":"Where China Meets India : Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWhere China Meets India\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Thant Myint-U\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThant Myint-U's \u003ci\u003eWhere China Meets India\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid, searching, timely book about the remote region that is suddenly a geopolitical center of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom their very beginnings, China and India have been walled off from each other: by the towering summits of the Himalayas, by a vast and impenetrable jungle, by hostile tribes and remote inland kingdoms stretching a thousand miles from Calcutta across Burma to the upper Yangtze River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon this last great frontier will vanish—the forests cut down, dirt roads replaced by superhighways, insurgencies crushed—leaving China and India exposed to each other as never before. This basic shift in geography—as sudden and profound as the opening of the Suez Canal—will lead to unprecedented connections among the three billion people of Southeast Asia and the Far East. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat will this change mean? Thant Myint-U is in a unique position to know. Over the past few years he has traveled extensively across this vast territory, where high-speed trains and gleaming new shopping malls are now coming within striking distance of the last far-flung rebellions and impoverished mountain communities. And he has explored the new strategic centrality of Burma, where Asia's two rising, giant powers appear to be vying for supremacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a travelogue, a work of history, and an informed look into the future, \u003ci\u003eWhere China Meets India\u003c\/i\u003e takes us across the fast-changing Asian frontier, giving us a masterful account of the region's long and rich history and its sudden significance for the rest of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] blend of personal reminiscence, history--enlivened with an eye for the telling anecdote--travelogue and polemic.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eWhere China Meets India\u003c\/i\u003e] possesses a heartfelt and welcome optimism, giving voice to a desire for connections that exceeds all notions of foreign policy, geopolitics or business and becomes, instead, about people encountering each other in all their glorious difference.” —\u003ci\u003eSiddhartha Deb, The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thant Myint-U makes clear in \u003ci\u003eWhere China Meets India \u003c\/i\u003e[that] Burma's days as a neglected backwater are over.” —\u003ci\u003eTim Johnston, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is probably the best book written on Myanmar after 1988. It is a must-read not only for diplomats, political analysts and CEOs of multinationals but also for readers who enjoy racy narrative, fascinating accounts of a bygone era, of Shangri-La, kings and generals, intrigue and heroism, the Tarons, remnants of the only known pigmy race in mainland Asia, and the lives of common people in some of the remotest parts of the region in and around Myanmar.” —\u003ci\u003eBhaskar K Mitra, Business Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thant's knowledge of Burma's history, peoples, cultures, and kingdoms brings focus to his travels through the area. The constant interplay between his experiences and knowledge of the region make this book a gem, with myriad rare insights.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An illumining look at a country torn between two emerging superpowers . . . In a whirlwind tour through Burma's history, politics, culture and geography, Myint-U makes a successful case for its importance in South Asia's future.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Interweaving the history and geography of Burma (Myanmar) with a travel memoir, Thant (The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma) narrates the compelling story of his journey through this rapidly evolving region rich in culture and heritage . . . A highly readable and entertaining foray into the complex history of this ancient land, this book will be of interest to lovers of history and travel writing.” —\u003ci\u003eAllan Cho, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“‘Asia' is already the 21st century's most contested term. For some it represents a block comprising most of the world's population, for others a region rife with historical rivalries. In this engaging narrative, Thant Myint-U shows us how Asia is still under construction, with new ports, canals, railroads and passageways are knitting together a continent. Most interestingly, these new Silk Roads enjoin the world's two most populous nations, China and India, via Burma, a land of incredible diversity and promise, but also despair and risk. If the presumed geopolitical rivalries in Asia are to be averted, it will be by following Thant's road-map.” —\u003ci\u003eParag Khanna, author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order and How to Run the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWhere China Meets India\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare find, an ambitious, comprehensive work that is at once entertaining and illuminating by a leading scholar on Burma.” —\u003ci\u003eAndrew Pham, author of The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374533526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40648097235150,"sku":"9780374533526","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ca33cbe2-0f2f-40e5-82db-a2998d5d0c4b.jpg?v=1639190763","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374533526","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}