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Based on more than a decade's writing, research, and travel, this book offers a rare glimpse into China's expanding economic, cultural, and political power in the Eurasian heartland.

China's rise is changing the world. Much attention has been given to how China's geo-economic vision is playing out in the global…

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Pantucci has travelled in the footsteps of the great explorers and the players in the ‘Great Game.’

He explains the linkages between Xinjiang and Central Asia, which stand at the heart of Chinese efforts in the region. He shares his views on the implications of China’s involvement in Eurasia and what that means to the rest of the world. Pantucci understands and can explain this vast and rich hinterland in the Eurasian heartland.

An area replete with opportunities, ancient civilisations, and culture. A part of the world that is increasingly becoming a core interest to China and Russia. And if…

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