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Two new books urge more nuance, understanding of China and Taiwan

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Ms Keyu Jin, London School of Economics professor (left) and Ms Bonnie Glaser, Indo-Pacific managing director of the German Marshall Fund of the US.

Ms Keyu Jin, London School of Economics professor (left) and Ms Bonnie Glaser, Indo-Pacific managing director of the German Marshall Fund of the US.

PHOTOS: COURTESY OF KEYU JIN, BONNIE GLASER

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In recent weeks, two new books – one proposing a different view and narrative of China and the other suggesting a more nuanced and holistic approach to Taiwan – have blown fresh air into the fevered anti-China sentiment of the American capital.

The New China Playbook by London School of Economics professor Keyu Jin makes the case that the United States gets China wrong in many respects.

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