Packed with more than a hundred color illustrations, maps, and timelines, this enlightening and provocative book on the South China Sea conflict is a treasure trove of information written in an engaging and compelling way. While there are hundreds of footnotes to lead readers to further investigate topics, this is not written for the scholar as much as it is written for the layperson. There is no book like this on this topic. It is our hope you find this book illuminating!\nThe world's wait and watch strategy has ended. As China increasingly militarizes islands that the U.N.'s international court ruled did not belong to them, a patient effort of diplomacy has been met by China's brash incursions, provocations, and illegal activity to the astonishment of countries who have watched land, sea, and air rights be threatened. China's "Might Makes Right" policies and naval build-up is alarming as they use high-pressure tactics, promissory loans, and insist that they are the rightful "Middle Kingdom" with historic rights to the region.\nHowever, in 2016, the court ruled against China, saying that its "historic right" to the South China Sea is invalid and the littoral states have sovereignty over their land as well as the islands and natural resources in the surrounding seas. China ignored this ruling and, especially while states were grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, China has taken extensive measures to ensure other states' oil was not drilled and fishermen could not catch fish. All the while, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), paramilitary, and fishing militia prevents claimant states from developing the islands in their UNCLOS-defined Exclusive Economic Zone domain.\nBeijing's determination to exert control has been unprecedented. The seven military bases China has constructed in the South China Sea now serve as launching pads to threaten every country in the region, including their access to trillions of dollars in trade, billions barrels of oil, and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas.\nThis book was written for readers to explore topics in an approachable manner by deconstructing the issues and providing a few hundred images to clarify topics presented. Winston and Sachdeva provide a grounded view while also presenting additional topics on China's economic growth, military expansion, and political influence. Travel through each of the topics in this easy-to-read text that presents the topics people need to know to gain a broad perspective on the South China Sea. This book, completed in August 2020, is a must-read as we begin this decade.

Raging Waters in the South China Sea

History

Winston, Rachel A.

Sachdeva, Ishika

Asia

Lizard Publishing

Provocative! This colorfully illustrated primer analyzes ‘What’s at Stake’ with China’s ominous militarization, aggressive attacks, and increasing confrontation.\nPacked with more than a hundred color illustrations, maps, and timelines, this enlightening and provocative book on the South China Sea conflict is a treasure trove of information written in an engaging and compelling way. While there are hundreds of footnotes to lead readers to further investigate topics, this is not written for the scholar as much as it is written for the layperson. There is no book like this on this topic. It is our hope you find this book illuminating!\nThe world’s wait and watch strategy has ended. As China increasingly militarizes islands that the U.N.’s international court ruled did not belong to them, a patient effort of diplomacy has been met by China’s brash incursions, provocations, and illegal activity to the astonishment of countries who have watched land, sea, and air rights be threatened. China’s “Might Makes Right” policies and naval build-up is alarming as they use high-pressure tactics, promissory loans, and insist that they are the rightful “Middle Kingdom” with historic rights to the region.\nHowever, in 2016, the court ruled against China, saying that its “historic right” to the South China Sea is invalid and the littoral states have sovereignty over their land as well as the islands and natural resources in the surrounding seas. China ignored this ruling and, especially while states were grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, China has taken extensive measures to ensure other states’ oil was not drilled and fishermen could not catch fish. All the while, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), paramilitary, and fishing militia prevents claimant states from developing the islands in their UNCLOS-defined Exclusive Economic Zone domain.\nBeijing’s determination to exert control has been unprecedented. The seven military bases China has constructed in the South China Sea now serve as launching pads to threaten every country in the region, including their access to trillions of dollars in trade, billions barrels of oil, and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas.\nThis book was written for readers to explore topics in an approachable manner by deconstructing the issues and providing a few hundred images to clarify topics presented. Winston and Sachdeva provide a grounded view while also presenting additional topics on China’s economic growth, military expansion, and political influence. Travel through each of the topics in this easy-to-read text that presents the topics people need to know to gain a broad perspective on the South China Sea. This book, completed in August 2020, is a must-read as we begin this decade.

Raging Waters in the South China Sea: What the Battle for Supremacy Means for Southeast Asia

Belts and Roads Under Beijing's Thumb: Economic Domination & Debt-Trap Diplomacy (Raging Waters)

The free world is facing the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time. Subversively, we are facing an undercurrent of economic, cybersecurity, satellite, political and military forces. A tectonic shift is changing society. Insidiously, through social media, Internet surveillance, and financial payouts, the way we live is being transformed from liberty and freedom to one of coercion and compliance. Democracy is under attack, infused by forces thrusting our relationships and communications under the authoritarian thought control of an empire that has spread its arms into most of the countries on the planet through no-questions-asked loans with dangerously costly back-end conditions. Debt traps define agreements wherein China offers countries the opportunity to pay back their loans with votes, geography, military bases, minerals, rights, and sole access. Money mismanagement, inefficiencies, greed, and pandemic-related problems have led to debt that cannot be repaid and China will not forgive. Companies and whole countries are under Beijing's thumb. Some states will be forced to give up their land to China and others will give up resources and infrastructure to Beijing's growing hunger for control. Belts and Roads provides a revealing primer to understand China's global hegemony with its alarming consequences.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

The free world is facing the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time. Subversively, we are facing an undercurrent of economic, cybersecurity, satellite, political and military forces. A tectonic shift is changing society. Insidiously, through social media, Internet surveillance, and financial payouts, the way we live is being transformed from liberty and freedom to one of coercion and compliance. Democracy is under attack, infused by forces thrusting our relationships and communications under the authoritarian thought control of an empire that has spread its arms into most of the countries on the planet through no-questions-asked loans with dangerously costly back-end conditions. 
Debt traps define agreements wherein China offers countries the opportunity to pay back their loans with votes, geography, military bases, minerals, rights, and sole access. Money mismanagement, inefficiencies, greed, and pandemic-related problems have led to debt that cannot be repaid and China will not forgive. Companies and whole countries are under Beijing's thumb. Some states will be forced to give up their land to China and others will give up resources and infrastructure to Beijing's growing hunger for control. Belts and Roads provides a revealing primer to understand China's global hegemony with its alarming consequences.

Dental School: Preparation, Application, Admission (Comprehensive Health Care)

COLOR VERSION: $69.95BLACK & WHITE VERSION: $29.95Written by experts in dental school admissions, this nearly 500-page full-color book clearly illuminates details with data, charts, and graphs to make informed decisions about your future. Additionally, the color-filled text clarifies the dental school application (AADSAS), suggesting ways to organize yourself and better understand what is required. Information on dental schools, separated by region, offers you a valuable resource as you plan your road ahead. The layout of the book is easy to follow. 
Securing your place in medical school requires more than just a few science classes and the DAT. Applicants should have a demonstrated understanding of the dental field, express genuine interest, and have additional knowledge or experiences that help the admissions committee choose you over another deserving candidate. 
The practice of dentistry is a one-on-one personal experience with patients. While some patients enter for a routine cleaning or checkup, others are in extreme pain or are fearful of what a dentist might find or do. Thus, a positive, upbeat personality and a desire to help people are qualities admissions officers consider when interviewing candidates. 
Challenges arise on the job that are unpredictable. Dentists must be able to make quick decisions and have good critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Also, many dentists work in their own practices with the help of assistants. Thus, a dentist must be a good manager, a self-starter, and able to work both meticulously and independently. 
Most dental schools will interview you to determine your resilience, fortitude, problem-solving ability, and character. 
This book is written by a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and a top college admissions consultant with numerous degrees and 35 years of experience. This book is an excellent resource for you to use on your dental school admissions journey.

Business & Money

Moore, Leigh

Job Hunting & Careers

Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics (Raging Waters)

Diplomacy took on new characteristics in the past decade with the rise of Xi Jinping, the tone of Donald Trump, and the uncertainty of Joe Biden amidst China's Wolf Warrior attacks. Nevertheless, diplomacy is now a mix of Orwellian doublespeak, groupthink, and Newspeak. In a battle between communism and democracy where Chinese President Xi calls for his comrades to be "unyielding Marxist Atheists," America struggles to determine its direction.China has its own directional challenges, though its bold Made in China 2025, where global products are manufactured by millions of incarcerated or semi-incarcerated workers at almost no pay, is coming along well. Similarly, Beijing's audacious vision for 2049, its one-hundredth anniversary to be the global leader, took long strides during the pandemic as other countries locked down, new laws were imposed in the South China Sea, an aggressive clampdown was brought down on Hong Kong, and the digital yuan made its debut.China's aggressive approach to international politics, discourse, and military incursions has been nothing short of intimidation and outright bullying. The South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Indo-Pacific have been flashpoints for conflict. The looming threat to Taiwan is a tinderbox waiting to explode. Beijing's muscle-flexing in Australia swirled into a blinding trade storm, and incursions in India, Bhutan, Nepal, and elsewhere are just part of China's brand of diplomacy. With dozens of countries trapped in debt and now beholden to China, the future will be determined by China's next steps in Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics.

Diplomacy took on new characteristics in the past decade with the rise of Xi Jinping, the tone of Donald Trump, and the uncertainty of Joe Biden amidst China's Wolf Warrior attacks. Nevertheless, diplomacy is now a mix of Orwellian doublespeak, groupthink, and Newspeak. In a battle between communism and democracy where Chinese President Xi calls for his comrades to be "unyielding Marxist Atheists," America struggles to determine its direction.\nChina has its own directional challenges, though its bold Made in China 2025, where global products are manufactured by millions of incarcerated or semi-incarcerated workers at almost no pay, is coming along well. Similarly, Beijing's audacious vision for 2049, its one-hundredth anniversary to be the global leader, took long strides during the pandemic as other countries locked down, new laws were imposed in the South China Sea, an aggressive clampdown was brought down on Hong Kong, and the digital yuan made its debut.\nChina's aggressive approach to international politics, discourse, and military incursions has been nothing short of intimidation and outright bullying. The South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Indo-Pacific have been flashpoints for conflict. The looming threat to Taiwan is a tinderbox waiting to explode. Beijing's muscle-flexing in Australia swirled into a blinding trade storm, and incursions in India, Bhutan, Nepal, and elsewhere are just part of China's brand of diplomacy. With dozens of countries trapped in debt and now beholden to China, the future will be determined by China's next steps in Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics.

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Raging Waters in the South China Sea

Raging Waters in the South China Sea: What the Battle for Supremacy Means for Southeast Asia

Belts and Roads Under Beijing's Thumb: Economic Domination & Debt-Trap Diplomacy (Raging Waters)

Belts and Roads Under Beijing's Thumb: Economic Domination & Debt-Trap Diplomacy (Raging Waters)

Dental School: Preparation, Application, Admission (Comprehensive Health Care)

Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics (Raging Waters)

Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics (Raging Waters)